UK girl's name
Molly-Mae
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Molly-Mae is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Molly-Mae popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2411, with 11 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2020, with 49 births.
This profile covers 314 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 22% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 319 living people in the UK are called Molly-Mae. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Molly-Mae ranked #2411 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 11 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2020, when 49 girls were registered as Molly-Mae.
- • Molly-Mae ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #397 in 2020.
- • About 319 living people in the UK are estimated to have Molly-Mae as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2411
2024
Births in 2024
11
Latest year
Peak year
2020
49 births
Estimated living
319
2026
Popularity
Molly-Mae over time
The chart below shows babies named Molly-Mae registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Molly-Mae, the clearest high point is 2020. The latest England and Wales figure is 11 births in 2024, compared with 49 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Molly-Mae by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Molly-Mae was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1878 | 104 | 5 |
| 2010s | #2738 | 114 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2558 | 76 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2797 | 20 | 4 |
Geography
Where Molly-Mae is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Molly-Mae. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Molly-Mae ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #397 in 2020.
Across the UK
Molly-Mae in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#630 in 2023
1 years of NRS records, 4 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#397 in 2020
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Molly-Mae
- Megan 70,884
- Mia 67,204
- Molly 47,734
- Millie 44,390
- Maisie 32,671
- Matilda 29,965
- Maya 26,445
- Madison 18,441
- Maria 17,304
- Mollie 15,914
- Martha 15,116
- Maddison 14,918
FAQ
Molly-Mae: questions and answers
How popular is the name Molly-Mae in the UK right now?
In 2024, Molly-Mae was ranked #2411 for girls in England and Wales, with 11 births registered.
When was Molly-Mae most popular?
The peak year on record was 2020, with 49 babies registered as Molly-Mae in England and Wales.
How many people are called Molly-Mae in the UK?
A total of 314 babies have been registered as Molly-Mae across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 4 more in Scotland and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Molly-Mae most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Molly-Mae ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #397 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.