Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: GermanMia is a feminine given name in popular use worldwide. It originated as a diminutive of Maria and other names such as Amelia and Emilia, and was rarely used as an independent given name prior to the 20th century.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Mia is a smaller name than its #5 ranking suggests — 12,113 births in 2024, its highest count since the name first peaked at 14,939 in 2015. The current figure marks a new high in rank even as the raw count sits below the 2015 peak, another example of the top of the chart getting less crowded rather than any one name surging.
The name entered SSA records later than most on this list, first appearing in 1933, and its rise has been comparatively recent and fast for something now sitting in the top five. A 10% decline over the past decade suggests it's past its steepest growth phase even while still gaining rank.
Its famous bearers cut across sport, science, and politics — soccer's Mia Hamm, astrophysicist Andrea M. Ghez, Barbadian prime minister Mia Mottley — rather than clustering in entertainment the way many short, punchy names' namesake lists tend to, which may reflect that Mia works as a standalone name in several languages rather than as a nickname import.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 6 | #4,069 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,831 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,003 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,718 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,299 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,588 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,838 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,858 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,392 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,046 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,229 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,846 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,816 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,495 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,590 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,709 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,720 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,930 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,531 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,551 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,636 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,197 |
| 1963 | 104 | #1,055 |
| 1964 | 298 | #570 |
| 1965 | 1,053 | #267 |
| 1966 | 721 | #329 |
| 1967 | 738 | #321 |
| 1968 | 681 | #335 |
| 1969 | 460 | #448 |
| 1970 | 488 | #450 |
| 1971 | 480 | #437 |
| 1972 | 415 | #451 |
| 1973 | 350 | #499 |
| 1974 | 390 | #461 |
| 1975 | 366 | #494 |
| 1976 | 354 | #504 |
| 1977 | 443 | #450 |
| 1978 | 523 | #395 |
| 1979 | 603 | #375 |
| 1980 | 682 | #348 |
| 1981 | 719 | #331 |
| 1982 | 547 | #415 |
| 1983 | 470 | #441 |
| 1984 | 452 | #463 |
| 1985 | 500 | #438 |
| 1986 | 491 | #439 |
| 1987 | 544 | #410 |
| 1988 | 620 | #387 |
| 1989 | 660 | #383 |
| 1990 | 782 | #341 |
| 1991 | 780 | #338 |
| 1992 | 822 | #328 |
| 1993 | 794 | #330 |
| 1994 | 861 | #316 |
| 1995 | 1,101 | #255 |
| 1996 | 1,690 | #180 |
| 1997 | 2,494 | #128 |
| 1998 | 2,567 | #130 |
| 1999 | 2,737 | #120 |
| 2000 | 3,451 | #93 |
| 2001 | 3,918 | #76 |
| 2002 | 6,259 | #43 |
| 2003 | 7,083 | #36 |
| 2004 | 7,399 | #30 |
| 2005 | 10,845 | #17 |
| 2006 | 12,027 | #13 |
| 2007 | 10,921 | #15 |
| 2008 | 10,173 | #14 |
| 2009 | 11,437 | #10 |
| 2010 | 10,649 | #10 |
| 2011 | 11,542 | #9 |
| 2012 | 12,037 | #8 |
| 2013 | 13,166 | #6 |
| 2014 | 13,533 | #6 |
| 2015 | 14,939 | #6 |
| 2016 | 14,462 | #6 |
| 2017 | 13,519 | #6 |
| 2018 | 12,738 | #7 |
| 2019 | 12,503 | #8 |
| 2020 | 11,264 | #8 |
| 2021 | 11,167 | #8 |
| 2022 | 11,068 | #8 |
| 2023 | 11,395 | #6 |
| 2024 | 12,113 | #5 |
