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 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
310,219
since 1933

Mia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986girlsat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#611,078#8,2439
2024#512,149#4,89020
2023#611,404#5,07519
2022#811,077#8,3009
2021#811,177#7,58710
2020#811,269#7,50210
2019#812,508#5,55516
2018#712,742#6,34513
2017#613,521#5,52616
2016#614,464#5,78915
2015#614,943#5,28917
2014#613,534#6,30713
2013#613,166#5,40416
2012#812,039#7,55910
2011#911,543#9,6007
2010#1010,650#7,08711
2009#1011,438#4,92219
2008#1410,173#7,69810
2007#1510,922#4,12724
2006#1312,027#4,86518
2005#1710,846#5,27815
2004#307,399#4,79317
2003#367,083#5,87712
2002#436,259#6,52210
2001#763,918#10,5565
2000#933,451#10,3495
1999#1202,738—
1998#1302,567—
1997#1282,494—
1996#1801,690—
1995#2551,101—
1994#316861—
1993#330795#7,6386
1992#328822—
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1990#340782—
1989#382661#3,44616
1988#387620—
1987#410544#6,9515
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1980#346683#6,2505
1979#375604#6,0565
1978#395523#4,1578
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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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedNHWashington: #541 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,886 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #453 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,953 girlsMNIllinois: #414 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,956 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #368 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,826 girlsMINew York: #469 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 3,288 girlsNYMassachusetts: #526 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,014 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedRIOregon: #407 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,559 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #339 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,528 girlsINOhio: #399 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,235 girlsOHPennsylvania: #376 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsPANew Jersey: #448 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,499 girlsNJConnecticut: #430 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,466 girlsCTCalifornia: #379 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 2,258 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedUTColorado: #302 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,819 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #472 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,925 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,373 girlsVAMaryland: #219 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,362 girlsMDDelaware: #122 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 529 girlsDEArizona: #385 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,342 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #359 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #151 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 627 girlsDCOklahoma: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,756 girlsOKLouisiana: #238 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,343 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #316 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,093 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mia, so not publishedHITexas: #675 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,486 girlsTXFlorida: #463 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,322 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#122 · 1 in 529
  2. District of Columbia#151 · 1 in 627
  3. Maryland#219 · 1 in 1,362
  4. Louisiana#238 · 1 in 1,343
  5. Colorado#302 · 1 in 1,819

Best ever in a state: #1 in Arizona, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#12261 in 529
District of Columbia#15191 in 627
Maryland#219181 in 1,362
Louisiana#238211 in 1,343
Colorado#302121 in 1,819
Georgia#316181 in 2,093
Indiana#339131 in 2,528
North Carolina#359141 in 2,540
Michigan#368201 in 2,826
Pennsylvania#376241 in 2,864
California#379921 in 2,258
Arizona#385101 in 2,342
Ohio#399211 in 3,235
Oregon#40761 in 2,559
Illinois#414241 in 2,956
Virginia#426101 in 3,373
Connecticut#43051 in 3,466
New Jersey#448121 in 3,499
Minnesota#45371 in 3,953
Florida#463201 in 3,322
New York#469331 in 3,288
Missouri#47281 in 3,925
Oklahoma#50651 in 3,756
Massachusetts#52671 in 5,014
Washington#54171 in 3,886
Texas#675241 in 5,486
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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.

See more about Mia
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s6#3,753 (1933)#3,753
1940s105#2,013 (1949)#3,106
1950s360#1,481 (1954)#1,751
1960s4,240#267 (1965)#768
1970s4,411#375 (1979)#451
1980s5,687#331 (1981)#405
1990s14,630#120 (1999)#247
2000s83,516#10 (2009)#35
2010s129,110#6 (2015)#7
2020s68,154#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 1986

girls
#437
491 births · 1 in 3,494 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #437Mia491
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,494 of them was named Mia, which outranked 96.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mia
  1. #433Chanel495
  2. #435Daniela494
  3. #436Kira492
  4. #437Mia491
  5. #437Ashly491
  6. #439Mackenzie490
  7. #439Tiffani490
  8. #441Kaylee488

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →