Mia

Where Mia comes from

A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mia
  • German
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Mia through the years
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #3,753 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Around this time: Mia Farrow in Peyton Place
    TV, 1964 · Source
    “The name Mia first appeared among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States in 1964, the year American actress Mia Farrow debuted as smart, pretty teenaged Allison MacKenzie on the American television soap opera Peyton Place.”
  3. 1965
    Mia Mottley born
    prime minister of Barbados since 2018
  4. 1993
    Mia Khalifa born
    Lebanese-American former pornographic film actress
  5. 2024
    Peak, #5
    12,149 babies named Mia, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
Namesakes
  • Mia Khalifa · Lebanese-American former pornographic film actress, born 1993
  • Mia Mottley · prime minister of Barbados since 2018, born 1965
  • Mia Hamm · American soccer player, born 1972
  • Mia Wasikowska · Australian actress, born 1989
  • Mia Goth · British actress and model, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).