Mollee
Feminine
Mollee respells a very old English short form. The name it comes from has an odd side career: twice, on two continents, groups of men organizing against landlords and mine owners took it as a collective alias.
How old is the name Mollee?
Mollee first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Mollee alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 800 people named Mollee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mollee most popular?
Mollee peaked in 1990, reaching #3909 nationally. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Mollee
In nineteenth-century Ireland, groups resisting evictions sometimes operated under the name Molly Maguires, occasionally dressing in women's clothes, which was a recognized form of agrarian protest. The name crossed the Atlantic with Irish miners and reappeared in the Pennsylvania coal fields, where a series of killings was attributed to a secret society of the same name, twenty men were hanged on evidence collected by a private detective employed by the coal and railroad interests, and historians have been arguing ever since about how much of the organization existed outside the prosecution's case. What is not in doubt is that a woman's pet name was used, twice, as a flag by people who needed not to be identified.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Molly is a long-established short form of Mary, arrived at by an old sound change, and it has also been given on its own. Which of those this spelling represents is not recorded.
Pronouncing Mollee
MOL-ee
Two syllables with the stress in front. The doubled e says the same thing a y would.
Nicknames for Mollee
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1962
- Most girls named
- 201033 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3909reached in 1990
- Change vs 2023
- −14.3%6 in 2024, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mollees among us
people named Mollee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Mollee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is warm and instantly understood, which very few names manage on a first hearing.
- It is short, quick to write, and easy for a child to learn to spell.
- The ending makes it visually distinct from the standard spelling, which is what it is for.
- Molly and Mollie are both far commoner, so this spelling will be corrected regularly.
- The ending cannot be heard, so the spelling has to be given aloud every time.
- It reads as a short form to some people, so formal settings will ask what it stands for.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mollees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Mollee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mollee in 2025?
- Mollee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Mollee with classmates?
- Mollee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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