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How popular is “Molly” in the USA?

Number of people named “Molly” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Molly” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Molly” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Molly” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Molly” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Molly” by birth year

This chart shows how “Molly” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 18 0.000089337 18 100%
1881 33 0.000171261 33 100%
1882 30 0.00013542 30 100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 100%
1884 32 0.000131438 32 100%
1885 30 0.000124557 30 100%
1886 29 0.000113585 29 100%
1887 32 0.000129349 32 100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 100%
1889 35 0.00012113 35 100%
1890 46 0.000152621 46 100%
1891 33 0.000115114 33 100%
1892 51 0.000152524 51 100%
1893 58 0.000178339 58 100%
1894 36 0.000106292 36 100%
1895 45 0.000128198 45 100%
1896 49 0.000137069 49 100%
1897 50 0.00014411 50 100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 100%
1899 47 0.000138547 47 100%
1900 67 0.000148804 67 100%
1901 55 0.000159046 55 100%
1902 54 0.000139631 54 100%
1903 75 0.000196747 75 100%
1904 72 0.000178445 72 100%
1905 71 0.000167484 71 100%
1906 86 0.000200723 86 100%
1907 113 0.000242807 113 100%
1908 101 0.000206692 101 100%
1909 109 0.000213214 109 100%
1910 145 0.000245467 145 100%
1911 129 0.000200224 129 100%
1912 197 0.00019938 197 100%
1913 197 0.000173246 197 100%
1914 247 0.000174393 247 100%
1915 325 0.000177361 325 100%
1916 333 0.000172145 333 100%
1917 310 0.000154479 310 100%
1918 306 0.000140942 306 100%
1919 258 0.000122261 258 100%
1920 246 0.000108722 246 100%
1921 302 0.000129364 302 100%
1922 277 0.000121005 277 100%
1923 293 0.000127254 293 100%
1924 290 0.000121766 290 100%
1925 241 0.000103287 241 100%
1926 255 0.000111067 255 100%
1927 258 0.000111238 258 100%
1928 315 0.000139323 315 100%
1929 320 0.000145975 320 100%
1930 342 0.000153826 342 100%
1931 300 0.000142559 300 100%
1932 315 0.000149198 315 100%
1933 271 0.000135537 271 100%
1934 292 0.0001406 292 100%
1935 301 0.000144026 301 100%
1936 316 0.0001521 316 100%
1937 306 0.000143617 306 100%
1938 329 0.000148696 329 100%
1939 348 0.000157935 348 100%
1940 345 0.000149825 345 100%
1941 339 0.000139138 339 100%
1942 375 0.000137271 375 100%
1943 386 0.000136755 386 100%
1944 366 0.000136055 366 100%
1945 333 0.000125523 333 100%
1946 415 0.000129878 415 100%
1947 484 0.000134358 484 100%
1948 562 0.00016278 562 100%
1949 556 0.000159551 556 100%
1950 564 0.000160988 564 100%
1951 612 0.000166136 612 100%
1952 617 0.000162454 617 100%
1953 582 0.000151026 582 100%
1954 599 0.000150476 599 100%
1955 622 0.000154916 622 100%
1956 654 0.000158621 654 100%
1957 699 0.000166344 699 100%
1958 745 0.000180217 745 100%
1959 763 0.000183502 763 100%
1960 727 0.00017502 727 100%
1961 781 0.000188543 781 100%
1962 821 0.000203451 821 100%
1963 860 0.00021727 860 100%
1964 1002 0.000257742 1002 100%
1965 1062 0.000292929 1062 100%
1966 984 0.000283112 984 100%
1967 1016 0.000299273 1016 100%
1968 1020 0.000301917 1020 100%
1969 1093 0.000314503 1093 100%
1970 1192 0.000330513 1192 100%
1971 1185 0.000345244 1185 100%
1972 1240 0.000394528 1234 6 99%
1973 1336 0.000442841 1329 7 99%
1974 1485 0.000488487 1480 5 99%
1975 1554 0.000514673 1548 6 99%
1976 1738 0.000572785 1729 9 99%
1977 2078 0.00065418 2067 11 99%
1978 1941 0.000611556 1932 9 99%
1979 2031 0.00061046 2023 8 99%
1980 2214 0.000642763 2203 11 99%
1981 2100 0.000607046 2089 11 99%
1982 2337 0.000666199 2317 20 98%
1983 2324 0.000671029 2311 13 99%
1984 2193 0.000628591 2178 15 99%
1985 2441 0.000683924 2433 8 99%
1986 2558 0.00071913 2548 10 99%
1987 2902 0.000804856 2891 11 99%
1988 3480 0.000941802 3461 19 99%
1989 3492 0.000908323 3459 33 98%
1990 3974 0.001005445 3965 9 100%
1991 4663 0.001197094 4652 11 100%
1992 4147 0.00107959 4138 9 100%
1993 3713 0.000984808 3708 5 100%
1994 3447 0.000927198 3441 6 100%
1995 3382 0.0009235 3382 100%
1996 3318 0.00090974 3312 6 100%
1997 3452 0.000952079 3452 100%
1998 3198 0.000869445 3192 6 100%
1999 3335 0.000902848 3326 9 99%
2000 3408 0.00090161 3401 7 100%
2001 3415 0.000912275 3415 100%
2002 3119 0.000834338 3119 100%
2003 3403 0.00089498 3403 100%
2004 3372 0.000882509 3344 28 98%
2005 3222 0.000838005 3215 7 100%
2006 3133 0.000791924 3127 6 100%
2007 3421 0.000855746 3415 6 100%
2008 3326 0.000846167 3321 5 100%
2009 3510 0.000918806 3510 100%
2010 3369 0.00091159 3362 7 100%
2011 3622 0.000990215 3615 7 100%
2012 3269 0.000893812 3260 9 99%
2013 3084 0.000845936 3084 100%
2014 2610 0.000704192 2605 5 100%
2015 2254 0.000609039 2254 100%
2016 1985 0.000541064 1985 100%
2017 1829 0.000511437 1829 100%
2018 1799 0.000511676 1799 100%
2019 1757 0.000506204 1757 100%
2020 1644 0.000492131 1644 100%
2021 1582 0.000466949 1582 100%
2022 1481 0.00043776 1481 100%
2023 1437 0.000433982 1437 100%
2024 1465 0.000440138 1465 100%

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