Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mollie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mollie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48,210
- 46 boys · 48,164 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 738 babies
- 2025
- 212
- #1,116 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 212 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,116 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 738 in 1915. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,829 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mollie’s family of names
In English usage, Mollie is a diminutive of Mary. Mollie has a related form in Molly.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mollie
- Mollie O'CallaghanAustralian swimmerborn 2004
- Mollie KingBritish singer and songwriterborn 1987
- Mollie FaustmanSwedish writer and artist (1883–1966)
- Mollie McConnellFilm actress (1865-1920)
- Mollie KyleOsage woman1886–1937
- Mollie KingAmerican actress (1895–1981)
- Mollie GreenEnglish footballerborn 1997
- Mollie OrshanskyAmerican economist1915–2006
- Mollie PathmanAmerican soccer playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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