# Pia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pia/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,984 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,984 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 886, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 70 | 2,579 |
| 2012 | 96 | 2,023 |
| 2013 | 77 | 2,379 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2,532 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,926 |
| 2017 | 103 | 1,951 |
| 2018 | 95 | 2,056 |
| 2019 | 96 | 2,009 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1,858 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,826 |
| 2022 | 154 | 1,450 |
| 2023 | 152 | 1,460 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,419 |
| 2025 | 148 | 1,456 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 38 | 968 |
| 2018 | 39 | 936 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1,017 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 42 | 840 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 42 | 851 |
| 2024 | 44 | 837 |
| 2025 | 55 | 676 |

## People named Pia

- Pia Wurtzbach, Filipino actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician (born 1947)
- Pia Zadora, American actress and singer
- Pia Maria, Austrian singer-songwriter
- Pia Mia, American singer
- Pia Olsen Dyhr, Danish politician
- Pia Tafdrup, Danish writer and poet (born 1952)
- Pia Wunderlich, German footballer
- Pia Miranda, Australian actress
- Pia Douwes, Dutch actress, musical singer
- Pia Sundstedt, Finnish cyclist
- Pia Fink, German cross-country skier

## 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.