Molina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Molina

The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Molina between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Molina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Molina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Molina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Molina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Molina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 222 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.