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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015girlsat 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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1991#338780
1990#340782
1989#382661#3,44616
1988#387620
1987#410544#6,9515
1986#437491
1985#438500
1984#462452
1983#441470
1982#415547
1981#331719
1980#346683#6,2505
1979#375604#6,0565
1978#395523#4,1578
1977#450443
1976#503354
1975#494366
1974#464388
1973#498350
1972#451414
1971#432481
1970#450488
1969#447460
1968#335681
1967#321738
1966#328721
1965#2671,053
1964#571297
1963#1,047105
1962#1,19285
1961#1,62748
1960#1,54252
1959#1,51651
1958#1,90833
1957#1,70540
1956#1,69339
1955#1,57942
1954#1,48146
1953#1,78331
1952#1,82030
1951#1,84228
1950#2,18520
1949#2,01323
1948#2,32918
1947#2,76914
1946#2,73913
1945#3,3888
1944#3,1399
1943#3,4938
1942#3,7387
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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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 106 girlsAKMaine: #16 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 100 girlsMEVermont: #29 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 110 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #19 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 108 girlsNHWashington: #8 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 114 girlsWAIdaho: #12 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 118 girlsIDMontana: #27 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 136 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #24 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 125 girlsNDMinnesota: #29 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 188 girlsMNIllinois: #4 for girls · 670 births · 1 in 87 girlsILWisconsin: #14 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 145 girlsWIMichigan: #13 for girls · 301 births · 1 in 140 girlsMINew York: #5 for girls · 1,018 births · 1 in 90 girlsNYMassachusetts: #8 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 95 girlsMARhode Island: #7 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 59 girlsRIOregon: #8 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 104 girlsORNevada: #3 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 64 girlsNVWyoming: #22 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 97 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #22 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 127 girlsSDIowa: #10 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 109 girlsIAIndiana: #10 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 124 girlsINOhio: #13 for girls · 362 births · 1 in 146 girlsOHPennsylvania: #6 for girls · 488 births · 1 in 108 girlsPANew Jersey: #5 for girls · 490 births · 1 in 76 girlsNJConnecticut: #6 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 71 girlsCTCalifornia: #2 for girls · 2,874 births · 1 in 71 girlsCAUtah: #17 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 139 girlsUTColorado: #3 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 92 girlsCONebraska: #8 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 105 girlsNEMissouri: #16 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 150 girlsMOKentucky: #15 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 135 girlsKYWest Virginia: #20 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 124 girlsWVVirginia: #11 for girls · 286 births · 1 in 131 girlsVAMaryland: #8 for girls · 203 births · 1 in 119 girlsMDDelaware: #6 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 66 girlsDEArizona: #2 for girls · 466 births · 1 in 66 girlsAZNew Mexico: #1 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 54 girlsNMKansas: #11 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 113 girlsKSArkansas: #11 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 126 girlsARTennessee: #17 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 156 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #13 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 153 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #17 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 149 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #18 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 119 girlsDCOklahoma: #9 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 117 girlsOKLouisiana: #11 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 132 girlsLAMississippi: #39 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 216 girlsMSAlabama: #14 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 145 girlsALGeorgia: #14 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 156 girlsGAHawaii: #1 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 47 girlsHITexas: #3 for girls · 2,048 births · 1 in 83 girlsTXFlorida: #5 for girls · 1,033 births · 1 in 83 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#1 · 1 in 47
  2. New Mexico#1 · 1 in 54
  3. Arizona#2 · 1 in 66
  4. California#2 · 1 in 71
  5. Nevada#3 · 1 in 64

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#1731 in 47
New Mexico#11221 in 54
Arizona#24661 in 66
California#22,8741 in 71
Colorado#32541 in 92
Nevada#31711 in 64
Texas#32,0481 in 83
Illinois#46701 in 87
Florida#51,0331 in 83
New Jersey#54901 in 76
New York#51,0181 in 90
Connecticut#61691 in 71
Delaware#6421 in 66
Pennsylvania#64881 in 108
Rhode Island#7501 in 59
Maryland#82031 in 119
Massachusetts#82661 in 95
Nebraska#8761 in 105
Oregon#81471 in 104
Washington#82741 in 114
Oklahoma#91441 in 117
Indiana#102471 in 124
Iowa#101181 in 109
Arkansas#11941 in 126
Kansas#111151 in 113
Louisiana#111611 in 132
Virginia#112861 in 131
Idaho#12551 in 118
Michigan#133011 in 140
North Carolina#132961 in 153
Ohio#133621 in 146
Alabama#141361 in 145
Georgia#143121 in 156
Wisconsin#141601 in 145
Kentucky#151381 in 135
Maine#16351 in 100
Missouri#161811 in 150
South Carolina#171231 in 149
Tennessee#172001 in 156
Utah#171281 in 139
Alaska#18231 in 106
District of Columbia#18301 in 119
New Hampshire#19351 in 108
West Virginia#20511 in 124
South Dakota#22241 in 127
Wyoming#22131 in 97
North Dakota#24261 in 125
Montana#27221 in 136
Minnesota#291301 in 188
Vermont#29111 in 110
Mississippi#39521 in 216

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 2015

girls
#6
14,943 births · 1 in 119 girls
boys
#5,289
17 births · 1 in 112,750 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #5,289Mia17
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 119 of them was named Mia, which outranked 100.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mia
  1. #3Sophia17,454
  2. #4Ava16,416
  3. #5Isabella15,667
  4. #6Mia14,943
  5. #7Abigail12,422
  6. #8Emily11,808
  7. #9Charlotte11,415
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 112,750 of them was named Mia, which outranked 62.4% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mia
  1. #5,058Zacari18
  2. #5,058Zayvier18
  3. #5,058Zebulun18
  4. #5,289Mia17
  5. #5,289Aakash17
  6. #5,289Aalijah17
  7. #5,289Aaran17
  8. #5,507Aasim16
  9. #5,507Aasir16
  10. #5,507Abdiaziz16

Tied with 217 names at #5,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015