Molly
Meaning and origin
From English Molly. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1806.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Molly (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Molly has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 84 |
| 1999 | 103 |
| 2000 | 105 |
| 2001 | 137 |
| 2002 | 154 |
| 2003 | 182 |
| 2004 | 203 |
| 2005 | 245 |
| 2006 | 295 |
| 2007 | 385 |
| 2008 | 509 |
| 2009 | 558 |
| 2010 | 612 |
| 2011 | 588 |
| 2012 | 534 |
| 2013 | 488 |
| 2014 | 512 |
| 2015 | 421 |
| 2016 | 423 |
| 2017 | 346 |
| 2018 | 365 |
| 2019 | 324 |
| 2020 | 279 |
| 2021 | 310 |
| 2022 | 305 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 732 |
| 2000 | 834 |
| 2001 | 970 |
| 2002 | 1,112 |
| 2003 | 1,290 |
| 2004 | 1,485 |
| 2005 | 1,720 |
| 2006 | 2,002 |
| 2007 | 2,390 |
| 2008 | 2,932 |
| 2009 | 3,496 |
| 2010 | 4,101 |
| 2011 | 4,685 |
| 2012 | 5,219 |
| 2013 | 5,700 |
| 2014 | 6,227 |
| 2015 | 6,636 |
| 2016 | 7,062 |
| 2017 | 7,413 |
| 2018 | 7,780 |
| 2019 | 8,095 |
| 2020 | 8,393 |
Molly in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Molly.Hi! My name is Molly.
- Molly har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Molly has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Molly kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Molly is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Mollys mamma är lärare.Molly's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mollys mamma is Molly's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Molly
How do you pronounce Molly in Swedish?
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What does the name Molly mean?
From English Molly. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1806.
How popular is Molly in Sweden?
305 babies were named Molly in 2022. In 2020, 8,393 people in Sweden had Molly as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.