Molly Forename
3,547th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 296,338 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Uganda
Molly Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 127,111 | 1:2,852 | 498 |
| Uganda | 100% | 69,061 | 1:593 | 113 |
| India | 100% | 34,854 | 1:34,856 | 4,850 |
| England | 100% | 12,800 | 1:4,344 | 503 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 7,975 | 1:1,934 | 354 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,971 | 1:3,442 | 572 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,932 | 1:9,389 | 1,224 |
| South Africa | 98% | 4,828 | 1:11,295 | 1,867 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,509 | 1:9,442 | 1,126 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,383 | 1:27,166 | 1,880 |
| Rwanda | - | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 1,882 | 1:4,332 | 460 |
| Zambia | - | 1,850 | 1:8,570 | 986 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 1,539 | 1:19,786 | 2,006 |
| Australia | - | 1,476 | 1:9,253 | 907 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| China | - | 946 | 1:1,444,034 | 39,075 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 864 | 1:1,576 | 300 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| Sweden | 100% | 742 | 1:13,286 | 1,062 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Thailand | 100% | 619 | 1:113,192 | 9,134 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 616 | 1:288,254 | 10,911 |
| Philippines | 63% | 583 | 1:181,834 | 8,349 |
| Wales | 100% | 562 | 1:5,506 | 620 |
| Ireland | 100% | 545 | 1:8,520 | 660 |
| Botswana | 100% | 485 | 1:4,504 | 755 |
| Scotland | 100% | 456 | 1:11,733 | 759 |
| New Zealand | - | 375 | 1:12,096 | 1,185 |
| Jamaica | - | 298 | 1:9,675 | 1,125 |
| Israel | 78% | 279 | 1:30,118 | 2,356 |
| Kuwait | - | 275 | 1:13,765 | 1,556 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Indonesia | - | 213 | 1:1,211,097 | 71,257 |
| Qatar | 100% | 207 | 1:11,447 | 1,810 |
| Singapore | 100% | 176 | 1:35,722 | 5,946 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 168 | 1:100,608 | 5,192 |
| Norway | 100% | 165 | 1:31,105 | 1,560 |
| Guyana | 100% | 162 | 1:4,711 | 864 |
| Germany | 97% | 147 | 1:657,673 | 6,173 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 137 | 1:538,888 | 18,632 |
| Hong Kong | - | 119 | 1:65,149 | 2,611 |
| Denmark | - | 109 | 1:51,830 | 1,946 |
| Russia | 85% | 108 | 1:1,335,497 | 10,364 |
| Senegal | 77% | 105 | 1:138,870 | 3,379 |
| Peru | 100% | 104 | 1:305,687 | 6,657 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 100 | 1:326,235 | 6,703 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| France | 100% | 91 | 1:730,443 | 6,622 |
| Chile | 100% | 82 | 1:214,722 | 3,816 |
| Liberia | 72% | 81 | 1:54,470 | 2,815 |
| Spain | 100% | 80 | 1:581,625 | 6,831 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Italy | 100% | 72 | 1:848,085 | 7,711 |
| Brazil | 100% | 58 | 1:3,693,727 | 63,766 |
| Seychelles | - | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 49 | 1:362,181 | 6,205 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 43 | 1:702,370 | 16,921 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Belgium | 100% | 35 | 1:328,287 | 6,355 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 34 | 1:241,573 | 5,210 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 33 | 1:55,853 | 1,250 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 33 | 1:3,381 | 636 |
| Mexico | 92% | 31 | 1:4,004,659 | 17,642 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Greece | 100% | 24 | 1:455,606 | 6,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| South Korea | - | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Barbados | - | 21 | 1:13,799 | 1,255 |
| Grenada | 100% | 21 | 1:5,149 | 844 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Argentina | 100% | 20 | 1:2,138,662 | 7,817 |
| Czechia | 100% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,320,538 | 43,414 |
| Bahamas | - | 17 | 1:23,492 | 1,181 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Oman | 100% | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Cambodia | 78% | 16 | 1:1,017,083 | 15,971 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,202 | 474 |
| Jersey | - | 15 | 1:6,665 | 705 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Finland | 89% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12 | 1:4,399,027 | 26,540 |
| Belarus | 80% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Syria | - | 10 | 1:1,930,608 | 3,897 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Bulgaria | - | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Congo | 67% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Saint Lucia | 83% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Georgia | - | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Molly (5,075) may also be a surname.
Molly Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A baptismal name derived from Mary.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
User-submitted Reference
Molly is a diminutive of the English feminine name Mary. It may less commonly be used as a diminutive for popular feminine names that begin with M.
- mollie_hannahMolly Forename Popularity
Molly Demographics
Average Molly Salary in
United States
$46,011 USD
Per year
Rank:
170,716 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0303729
Rank: 531 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
105.7%
Sample size: 54,417 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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