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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020girlsat 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—
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1972#451414—
1971#432481—
1970#450488—
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1968#335681—
1967#321738—
1966#328721—
1965#2671,053—
1964#571297—
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1962#1,19285—
1961#1,62748—
1960#1,54252—
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1956#1,69339—
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1949#2,01323—
1948#2,32918—
1947#2,76914—
1946#2,73913—
1945#3,3888—
1944#3,1399—
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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 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #28 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 137 girlsAKMaine: #78 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 228 girlsMEVermont: #31 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 110 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #20 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 115 girlsNHWashington: #8 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 132 girlsWAIdaho: #24 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 153 girlsIDMontana: #57 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 207 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #40 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 175 girlsNDMinnesota: #39 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 226 girlsMNIllinois: #9 for girls · 406 births · 1 in 120 girlsILWisconsin: #12 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 151 girlsWIMichigan: #12 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 163 girlsMINew York: #6 for girls · 777 births · 1 in 102 girlsNYMassachusetts: #7 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 97 girlsMARhode Island: #7 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 57 girlsRIOregon: #13 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 121 girlsORNevada: #5 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 85 girlsNVWyoming: #7 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 54 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #36 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 165 girlsSDIowa: #11 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 125 girlsIAIndiana: #12 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 169 girlsINOhio: #12 for girls · 290 births · 1 in 165 girlsOHPennsylvania: #10 for girls · 350 births · 1 in 138 girlsPANew Jersey: #4 for girls · 404 births · 1 in 86 girlsNJConnecticut: #6 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 73 girlsCTCalifornia: #4 for girls · 2,048 births · 1 in 85 girlsCAUtah: #12 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 131 girlsUTColorado: #9 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 128 girlsCONebraska: #12 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 134 girlsNEMissouri: #13 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 164 girlsMOKentucky: #13 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 140 girlsKYWest Virginia: #16 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 121 girlsWVVirginia: #11 for girls · 229 births · 1 in 149 girlsVAMaryland: #7 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 127 girlsMDDelaware: #7 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 73 girlsDEArizona: #4 for girls · 326 births · 1 in 85 girlsAZNew Mexico: #4 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 68 girlsNMKansas: #11 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 145 girlsKSArkansas: #18 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 154 girlsARTennessee: #15 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 169 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #10 for girls · 290 births · 1 in 150 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #13 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 163 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #29 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 153 girlsDCOklahoma: #10 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 133 girlsOKLouisiana: #10 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 159 girlsLAMississippi: #34 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 207 girlsMSAlabama: #16 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 176 girlsALGeorgia: #12 for girls · 243 births · 1 in 183 girlsGAHawaii: #8 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 75 girlsHITexas: #5 for girls · 1,490 births · 1 in 103 girlsTXFlorida: #6 for girls · 825 births · 1 in 98 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#4 · 1 in 68
  2. Arizona#4 · 1 in 85
  3. California#4 · 1 in 85
  4. New Jersey#4 · 1 in 86
  5. Nevada#5 · 1 in 85

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#43261 in 85
California#42,0481 in 85
New Jersey#44041 in 86
New Mexico#4761 in 68
Nevada#51151 in 85
Texas#51,4901 in 103
Connecticut#61541 in 73
Florida#68251 in 98
New York#67771 in 102
Delaware#7321 in 73
Maryland#71761 in 127
Massachusetts#72471 in 97
Rhode Island#7461 in 57
Wyoming#7161 in 54
Hawaii#8331 in 75
Washington#82211 in 132
Colorado#91681 in 128
Illinois#94061 in 120
Louisiana#101161 in 159
North Carolina#102901 in 150
Oklahoma#101111 in 133
Pennsylvania#103501 in 138
Iowa#11921 in 125
Kansas#11791 in 145
Virginia#112291 in 149
Georgia#122431 in 183
Indiana#121661 in 169
Michigan#122321 in 163
Nebraska#12531 in 134
Ohio#122901 in 165
Utah#121231 in 131
Wisconsin#121381 in 151
Kentucky#131211 in 140
Missouri#131491 in 164
Oregon#131081 in 121
South Carolina#131061 in 163
Tennessee#151801 in 169
Alabama#161061 in 176
West Virginia#16451 in 121
Arkansas#18671 in 154
New Hampshire#20301 in 115
Idaho#24401 in 153
Alaska#28141 in 137
District of Columbia#29191 in 153
Vermont#3191 in 110
Mississippi#34491 in 207
South Dakota#36161 in 165
Minnesota#39961 in 226
North Dakota#40161 in 175
Montana#57121 in 207
Maine#78141 in 228

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 2020

girls
#8
11,269 births · 1 in 143 girls
boys
#7,502
10 births · 1 in 172,608 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #7,502Mia10
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 143 of them was named Mia, which outranked 100.0% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mia
  1. #5Charlotte13,100
  2. #6Amelia12,802
  3. #7Isabella12,226
  4. #8Mia11,269
  5. #9Evelyn9,517
  6. #10Harper8,849
  7. #11Camila8,165
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 172,608 of them was named Mia, which outranked 46.6% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mia
  1. #7,034Zylon11
  2. #7,034Zymier11
  3. #7,034Zyron11
  4. #7,502Mia10
  5. #7,502Aadhyan10
  6. #7,502Aalijah10
  7. #7,502Aamari10
  8. #8,067Aadarsh9
  9. #8,067Aadhi9
  10. #8,067Aadish9

Tied with 564 names at #7,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →