Mia
#6 for girls in 2025, 11,078 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 12,149 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 310,219since 1933
Mia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6 | 11,078 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #5 | 12,149 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #6 | 11,404 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #8 | 11,077 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8 | 11,177 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #8 | 11,269 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #8 | 12,508 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #7 | 12,742 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6 | 13,521 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #6 | 14,464 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #6 | 14,943 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #6 | 13,534 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6 | 13,166 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #8 | 12,039 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #9 | 11,543 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #10 | 10,650 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #10 | 11,438 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #14 | 10,173 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #15 | 10,922 | #4,127 | 24 |
| 2006 | #13 | 12,027 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #17 | 10,846 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #30 | 7,399 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #36 | 7,083 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #43 | 6,259 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #76 | 3,918 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #93 | 3,451 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #120 | 2,738 | — | |
| 1998 | #130 | 2,567 | — | |
| 1997 | #128 | 2,494 | — | |
| 1996 | #180 | 1,690 | — | |
| 1995 | #255 | 1,101 | — | |
| 1994 | #316 | 861 | — | |
| 1993 | #330 | 795 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #328 | 822 | — | |
| 1991 | #338 | 780 | — | |
| 1990 | #340 | 782 | — | |
| 1989 | #382 | 661 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #387 | 620 | — | |
| 1987 | #410 | 544 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #437 | 491 | — | |
| 1985 | #438 | 500 | — | |
| 1984 | #462 | 452 | — | |
| 1983 | #441 | 470 | — | |
| 1982 | #415 | 547 | — | |
| 1981 | #331 | 719 | — | |
| 1980 | #346 | 683 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #375 | 604 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #395 | 523 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #450 | 443 | — | |
| 1976 | #503 | 354 | — | |
| 1975 | #494 | 366 | — | |
| 1974 | #464 | 388 | — | |
| 1973 | #498 | 350 | — | |
| 1972 | #451 | 414 | — | |
| 1971 | #432 | 481 | — | |
| 1970 | #450 | 488 | — | |
| 1969 | #447 | 460 | — | |
| 1968 | #335 | 681 | — | |
| 1967 | #321 | 738 | — | |
| 1966 | #328 | 721 | — | |
| 1965 | #267 | 1,053 | — | |
| 1964 | #571 | 297 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,047 | 105 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,542 | 52 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,579 | 42 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
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| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1933
The first year at least five girls were named Mia! It came in at #3,753, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mia is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- District of Columbia#115 · 1 in 444
- Louisiana#132 · 1 in 612
- Maryland#141 · 1 in 749
- Georgia#206 · 1 in 1,123
- South Carolina#211 · 1 in 1,121
Best ever in a state: #1 in Arizona, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #115 | 13 | 1 in 444 |
| Louisiana | #132 | 50 | 1 in 612 |
| Maryland | #141 | 28 | 1 in 749 |
| Georgia | #206 | 31 | 1 in 1,123 |
| South Carolina | #211 | 16 | 1 in 1,121 |
| Maine | #222 | 5 | 1 in 1,257 |
| Hawaii | #230 | 6 | 1 in 810 |
| Indiana | #237 | 22 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Michigan | #242 | 37 | 1 in 1,585 |
| North Carolina | #248 | 22 | 1 in 1,506 |
| Pennsylvania | #249 | 43 | 1 in 1,613 |
| New Jersey | #251 | 24 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Virginia | #276 | 17 | 1 in 1,768 |
| Arizona | #277 | 14 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Kansas | #305 | 8 | 1 in 1,934 |
| Tennessee | #305 | 14 | 1 in 1,992 |
| Massachusetts | #307 | 14 | 1 in 2,259 |
| California | #334 | 91 | 1 in 1,992 |
| Wisconsin | #336 | 11 | 1 in 2,835 |
| Missouri | #357 | 12 | 1 in 2,673 |
| New York | #360 | 43 | 1 in 2,357 |
| New Mexico | #369 | 5 | 1 in 1,864 |
| Illinois | #375 | 30 | 1 in 2,505 |
| Ohio | #402 | 22 | 1 in 3,284 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 6 | 1 in 2,640 |
| Florida | #437 | 18 | 1 in 3,005 |
| Colorado | #450 | 7 | 1 in 2,967 |
| Minnesota | #451 | 7 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Texas | #457 | 41 | 1 in 3,018 |
| Oregon | #476 | 5 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Oklahoma | #485 | 6 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Alabama | #507 | 6 | 1 in 3,790 |
| Washington | #687 | 5 | 1 in 5,522 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1 spot since 2024 (#5 → #6)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#8 → #6)
- Same as 2015 (#6)
- Biggest jump: 476 spots in 1964 (#1,047 → #571)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1969 (#335 → #447)
Rise & fade · girls
91 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 2024 at #5 (12,149 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1964–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 119
- Highest: 1 in 119 girls born in 2015 were named Mia (0.84%)
- Latest: 1 in 145 girls born in 2025 (0.69%)
- Its best rank, #5 in 2024, was only 1 in 133 (0.75%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 41.6% of all girls named Mia (129,110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,753 (1933) | #3,753 |
| 1940s | 105 | #2,013 (1949) | #3,106 |
| 1950s | 360 | #1,481 (1954) | #1,751 |
| 1960s | 4,240 | #267 (1965) | #768 |
| 1970s | 4,411 | #375 (1979) | #451 |
| 1980s | 5,687 | #331 (1981) | #405 |
| 1990s | 14,630 | #120 (1999) | #247 |
| 2000s | 83,516 | #10 (2009) | #35 |
| 2010s | 129,110 | #6 (2015) | #7 |
| 2020s | 68,154 | #5 (2024) | #7 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mia in 1981
girls
#331
719 births · 1 in 2,320 girls
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 2,320 of them was named Mia, which outranked 97.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Mia
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.