Molly-Mae

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Molly-Mae: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Molly-Mae: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #397 in 2020, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#397highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
1999	#2189
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#1784
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2005	#1796
2006	#2509
2007	#2627
2008	#2721
2009	#2535
2010	#3156
2011	#2275
2012	#2338
2013	#2062
2014	#3514
2015	#1865
2016	#3214
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2019	#1039
2020	#749
2021	#1454
2022	#1849
2023	#2927
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #464 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1454 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Molly-Mae appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 314 births with the name.

Molly-Mae across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Molly-Mae's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#749 (2020)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	314 (1996–2024)	49 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#894 (2013)	#444 (2020)	#464 (2021)	4 of 9	22 (2013–2021)	8 (2020)

Molly-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Molly-Mae in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	76	10 of 10	8
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	104	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births rose by 29, from 4 to 33.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Molly-Mae appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #397 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Molly-Mae's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#749	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #397, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Molly · #15, 36y
Molly-Ann · #1557, 23y
Molly-Mai · #868, 10y
Molly-may · #751, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fae · #397, 30y
Lizzie · #397, 30y
Shiloh · #397, 29y
Shreya · #397, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aneesa · #397, 29y
Fae · #397, 30y
Harriette · #397, 29y
Liadan · #397, 20y

Molly-Mae was ranked #397 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Molly-Mae and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Molly-Mae without appearing here.

Molly-Mae moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1039 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1039 and #5591.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1039 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1039 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Molly-Mae

Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1849 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #1705.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1796 and #1934 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2509 and #1862.
Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2189 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2746 and #2167.

Moved the opposite way to Molly-Mae

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-Mae went from #2683 to #1454 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-Mae went from #2683 to #1454 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.

Moved the same way as Molly-Mae

Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-Mae went from #2683 to #4684 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-Mae went from #2683 to #4684 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-Mae went from #2683 to #4684 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-Mae went from #2683 to #4684 and Kristy from #620 to #5666.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #397 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Molly-Mae

Molly-Mae at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Molly-Mae across 2 official records

Molly-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Molly-Mae at a glance

Molly-Mae across 2 official records

Molly-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Molly-Mae appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Molly-Mae and the names beside it

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