# Mia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmiːə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 310,610 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 391 / 310,219 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 68,567, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11,543 | 9 |
| 2012 | 12,039 | 8 |
| 2013 | 13,166 | 6 |
| 2014 | 13,534 | 6 |
| 2015 | 14,943 | 6 |
| 2016 | 14,464 | 6 |
| 2017 | 13,521 | 6 |
| 2018 | 12,742 | 7 |
| 2019 | 12,508 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11,269 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11,177 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11,077 | 8 |
| 2023 | 11,404 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12,149 | 5 |
| 2025 | 11,078 | 6 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,388 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,941 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,557 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,518 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,446 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,959 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,699 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,580 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,723 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,885 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,961 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,758 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,187 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,688 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,346 | 13 |
| 2012 | 3,524 | 7 |
| 2013 | 2,993 | 10 |
| 2014 | 2,727 | 13 |
| 2015 | 2,842 | 9 |
| 2016 | 2,662 | 10 |
| 2017 | 2,590 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2,490 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2,500 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2,303 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2,168 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1,868 | 10 |
| 2023 | 1,640 | 16 |
| 2024 | 1,609 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1,372 | 21 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 米婭 /米娅
- Danish: Mia
- Estonian: Miia
- Finnish: Miia
- German: Mia
- Icelandic: Mía
- Norwegian: Mia
- Russian: Ми́я
- Swedish: Mia

## People named Mia

- Mia Hamm, American soccer player
- Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress (born 1989)
- Mia Goth, British actress (born 1993)
- Mia Malkova, American pornographic film actress (born 1992)
- Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress (born 1975)
- Mia Sara, American actress
- Mia Hansen-Løve, French film director, screenwriter, and actress (born 1981)
- Mía Maestro, Argentine actress and singer
- Mia Dimšić, Croatian singer
- Mia Love, American politician (1975–2025)
- Mia Nicolai, Dutch singer
- Pia Mia, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.