Molly-Mai

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Molly-Mai: 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-Mai: Recorded since 2008, it reached #868 in 2016, and it stood at #4,535 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
13years from first to last
#868highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2020

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2020	#4535

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 9 of the 13 years from 2008 to 2020.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #5545 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Molly-Mai 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-Mai in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Molly-Mai 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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #868 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Molly-Mai'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2008 and 2020, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #868, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 8 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,535position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
8 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

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.

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Molly-Mae · #397, 29y
Molly-may · #751, 28y
Molly-Rose · #426, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Dominyka · #868, 11y
Melani · #868, 13y
Meta · #868, 10y
Anays · #871, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Dominyka · #868, 11y
Melani · #868, 13y
Meta · #868, 10y
Alfie-Jay · #866, 21y

Molly-Mai was ranked #868 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. 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-Mai 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-Mai without appearing here.

Molly-Mai moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #5730.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4103 and #2328 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4103 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #868 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Molly-Mai

Molly-Mai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Molly-Mai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Molly-Mai appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Molly-Mai and the names beside it

Molly-Mai moved ahead of

Molly-Mai at a glance

Molly-Mai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Molly-Mai appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Molly-Mai

Molly-Mai and the names beside it

Molly-Mai moved ahead of