Molly-may

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Molly-may: 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-may: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #751 in 2015, and it stood at #3,218 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#751highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#1823
1999	#2189
2000	#3247
2001	#2783
2002	#1372
2003	#2191
2004	#1836
2005	#1934
2006	#2137
2007	#1854
2008	#2487
2009	#1365
2010	#1901
2011	#2150
2012	#1583
2013	#1956
2014	#1702
2015	#2496
2016	#3214
2017	#4063
2018	#2901
2019	#2643
2020	#2843
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#3218

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2023.

In 2015: #751 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2496 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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 recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3218 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Molly-may 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-may in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	106	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	115	10 of 10	12
2020s	26	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Molly-may 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 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #751 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Molly-may'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	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 1996 and 2023, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #751, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 19 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-Mae · #397, 29y
Molly-Mai · #868, 10y
Molly-Rose · #426, 28y
Momin · #1058, 26y

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.

Lorelei · #752, 27y
Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Kaylie · #753, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adnaan · #751, 27y
Annalee · #751, 20y
Kaiah · #751, 12y
Kaleem · #751, 29y

Molly-may was ranked #751 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2015. 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-may 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-may without appearing here.

Molly-may moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #4137.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2487 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1365 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Molly-may

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.
Carter Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2843 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #3148.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1702 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2496 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Molly-may

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #2189 to #3218 while Frida went from #3900 to #851.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #2189 to #3218 while Meabh went from #3225 to #1288.
Malin Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #1372 to #3218 while Malin went from #4137 to #2346.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #1836 to #3218 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1169.

Moved the same way as Molly-may

Brittany Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #3126 to #4645 and Brittany from #186 to #3533.
Carmel Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #3126 to #4645 and Carmel from #1168 to #3533.
Debra Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #3126 to #4645 and Debra from #1364 to #5669.
Karen Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Molly-may went from #3126 to #4645 and Karen from #417 to #4645.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #751 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Molly-may

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Molly-may by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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