Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Mollie name popularity since 1925
29,260 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mollie. Half of them were born in 1986 or earlier, so the typical Mollie is about 40 years old in 2026. Mollie peaked in 1880 as the #81 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,260
- Named Mollie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #81 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,116 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 29,236 girls · 24 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 2.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Mollie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mollie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1991. Measured as a share of all babies, Mollie peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Steepest fall: Between 1957 and 1962, Mollie's share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 9,830 to 1 in 17,600.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, it became 1.5× more common, from 1 in 13,200 baby girls to 1 in 8,530.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mollie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mollie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mollie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,889 | 11 | – |
| 1930s | 2,773 | 7 | #377 |
| 1940s | 2,314 | 0 | #498 |
| 1950s | 2,018 | 0 | #693 |
| 1960s | 1,459 | 0 | #827 |
| 1970s | 2,131 | 0 | #677 |
| 1980s | 3,530 | 0 | #520 |
| 1990s | 4,659 | 0 | #542 |
| 2000s | 3,939 | 6 | #740 |
| 2010s | 3,274 | 0 | #990 |
| 2020–25 | 1,250 | 0 | #1,116 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
22.6% of babies named Mollie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Mollie is most popular
The index compares Mollie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mollie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 2.59× | 1,092 |
| Mississippi | 2.52× | 769 |
| Alabama | 2.39× | 1,066 |
| North Carolina | 2.07× | 1,474 |
| Tennessee | 1.81× | 957 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mollie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mollie (this page) | 29,236 | 1880 |
| Molly | 170,709 | 1991 |
| Molli | 1,989 | 2014 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mollie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mollie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mollie (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data