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
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.
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
- 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-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.