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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#143 · 1 in 539
- District of Columbia#156 · 1 in 633
- Maryland#237 · 1 in 1,417
- Louisiana#261 · 1 in 1,462
- Washington#269 · 1 in 1,599
Best ever in a state: #1 in Arizona, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #143 | 9 | 1 in 539 |
| District of Columbia | #156 | 9 | 1 in 633 |
| Maryland | #237 | 18 | 1 in 1,417 |
| Louisiana | #261 | 18 | 1 in 1,462 |
| Washington | #269 | 17 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Virginia | #287 | 19 | 1 in 1,828 |
| Pennsylvania | #322 | 30 | 1 in 2,307 |
| New Mexico | #328 | 6 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Illinois | #337 | 32 | 1 in 2,268 |
| Mississippi | #346 | 7 | 1 in 1,900 |
| Arizona | #347 | 13 | 1 in 1,879 |
| New Jersey | #361 | 18 | 1 in 2,421 |
| Kansas | #365 | 6 | 1 in 2,368 |
| Massachusetts | #368 | 13 | 1 in 2,760 |
| Florida | #372 | 27 | 1 in 2,571 |
| Indiana | #379 | 11 | 1 in 2,920 |
| Tennessee | #382 | 10 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Georgia | #390 | 14 | 1 in 2,800 |
| North Carolina | #392 | 13 | 1 in 2,866 |
| Connecticut | #395 | 6 | 1 in 3,040 |
| California | #416 | 85 | 1 in 2,531 |
| Michigan | #421 | 17 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Minnesota | #432 | 7 | 1 in 3,855 |
| Oklahoma | #438 | 6 | 1 in 2,987 |
| Oregon | #443 | 5 | 1 in 3,063 |
| Utah | #446 | 5 | 1 in 2,679 |
| Ohio | #475 | 16 | 1 in 4,232 |
| New York | #490 | 33 | 1 in 3,390 |
| South Carolina | #495 | 5 | 1 in 3,634 |
| Missouri | #567 | 6 | 1 in 5,207 |
| Texas | #651 | 25 | 1 in 5,155 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 2024 at #5 (12,149 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1964–2025
- 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
- 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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,196 of them was named Mia, which outranked 96.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 373,397 of them was named Mia, which outranked 14.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,201 names at #6,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.