Here is the link to today's column:
https://omaha.com/life-entertainment/local/cleveland-evans-molly-peaked-with-millennials/article_cfad70c0-57ff-11ee-804a-4372c086e0f4.html
According to the research of
George Redmonds,
Molly was one of the first pet forms to be used as a baptismal name in England. Only
Betty and
Fanny seem to have become "official" names before
Molly was added in the 1720s.