Molina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moh-LEE-na
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Molina is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “mill”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Molina mean?
Spanish: Spanish surname, from molino 'mill'
“mill”
Taken from the Spanish surname Molina, which comes from molino, meaning mill.
Is Molina a girl's or a boy's name?
Molina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Molina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Molina, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Molina in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Molina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
Names like Molina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Montana, Solana, Ximena, Marbella, Sierra, Paloma, Alondra, Estrella, Melina, Jimena, Mckenna, Alora
Names related to Molina
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Amaia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Molina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/molina, updated 20 October 2026.