# Molly name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/f/molly
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Molly ranked #196 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #199.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #196
- Birth count: 1,601
- Rate per 10,000: 9.96

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Molly
- Rank: #199
- Birth count: 1,601
- Rate per 10,000: 9.96
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.05
- Expected per school of 300: 0.14
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 4.7%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1991
- Best rank year: 1991
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 40.1%

## Spelling components
- Molly: 1,601 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology