as a First Name
Pet form of Mary, which, like the now obsolete variant Mally, seems to have been coined in the 18th century. Since the 1990s it has been increasingly popular in many parts of the English-speaking world.
| 485th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 108,471
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 140,194
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Minnesota
- has the most people named Molly per capita
- 1991
- marked the height of its popularity
99.97%
0.03%
7%
55+
55+
24%
30-54
30-54
29%
13-29
13-29
40%
0-12
0-12
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