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UK girl's name

Molly-Rose

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-Rose is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Molly-Rose popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4192, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 21 births.

This profile covers 221 England and Wales registrations across 28 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales 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 24% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 223 living people in the UK are called Molly-Rose. 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-Rose ranked #4192 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 5 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 2015, when 21 girls were registered as Molly-Rose.
  • Molly-Rose ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #426 in 2015.
  • About 223 living people in the UK are estimated to have Molly-Rose as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#4192

2024

Births in 2024

5

Latest year

Peak year

2015

21 births

Estimated living

223

2026

Popularity

Molly-Rose over time

The chart below shows babies named Molly-Rose 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-Rose, the clearest high point is 2015. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2024, compared with 21 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Molly-Rose
05111621199620102024

Decades

Molly-Rose by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Molly-Rose 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 #3259 37 5
2010s #2450 118 10
2000s #3305 55 10
1990s #3400 11 3

Geography

Where Molly-Rose is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Molly-Rose. 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-Rose ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #426 in 2015.

Northern Ireland
3

Across the UK

Molly-Rose in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#426 in 2015

1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered

Related

Names similar to Molly-Rose

FAQ

Molly-Rose: questions and answers

How popular is the name Molly-Rose in the UK right now?

In 2024, Molly-Rose was ranked #4192 for girls in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.

When was Molly-Rose most popular?

The peak year on record was 2015, with 21 babies registered as Molly-Rose in England and Wales.

How many people are called Molly-Rose in the UK?

A total of 221 babies have been registered as Molly-Rose across the 28 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 3 in Northern Ireland.

Where is Molly-Rose most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Molly-Rose ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #426 in 2015. 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.