Mia
Girl · MEE-a · Hebrew
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Mia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 24th for girls in the UK (1,534 babies) and 6th for girls in the US (11,078 babies).
What does Mia mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian and German pet form of Maria
Short form of Maria, first popular in Scandinavia; in Italian and Spanish, mia also means mine.
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- MEE-a
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Is Mia a girl's or a boy's name?
Mia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,534 girls in the UK and 11,078 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Mia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #24among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,534about 1 in 180 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,534 girls in the UK were named Mia, making it the 24th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 3,963 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mia than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Mia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 21st in England and Wales, 34th in Scotland and 28th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#15), 2014 (#13) and 2024 (#14).
Mia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,534 | #24 |
| 2024 | 1,796 | #15 |
| 2023 | 1,821 | #15 |
| 2022 | 2,081 | #8 |
| 2021 | 2,414 | #8 |
| 2020 | 2,545 | #5 |
| 2019 | 2,766 | #7 |
| 2018 | 2,747 | #8 |
| 2017 | 2,829 | #7 |
| 2016 | 2,937 | #13 |
| 2015 | 3,178 | #9 |
| 2014 | 3,061 | #13 |
| 2013 | 3,356 | #10 |
| 2012 | 3,963 | #9 |
| 2011 | 3,769 | #11 |
| 2010 | 3,371 | #13 |
| 2009 | 3,196 | #13 |
| 2008 | 3,455 | #12 |
| 2007 | 3,277 | #14 |
| 2006 | 3,282 | #15 |
| 2005 | 2,777 | #20 |
| 2004 | 3,258 | #16 |
| 2003 | 3,367 | #16 |
| 2002 | 2,615 | #21 |
| 2001 | 2,174 | #26 |
| 2000 | 1,209 | #46 |
| 1999 | 1,010 | #58 |
| 1998 | 752 | #81 |
| 1997 | 611 | #95 |
| 1996 | 401 | #129 |
How popular is Mia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11,078about 1 in 150 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 9.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11,078 girls in the US were named Mia, making it the 6th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14,943 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933. 9 boys were also named Mia in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mia in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,078 | #6 |
| 2024 | 12,149 | #5 |
| 2023 | 11,404 | #6 |
| 2022 | 11,077 | #8 |
| 2021 | 11,177 | #8 |
| 2020 | 11,269 | #8 |
| 2019 | 12,508 | #8 |
| 2018 | 12,742 | #7 |
| 2017 | 13,521 | #6 |
| 2016 | 14,464 | #6 |
| 2015 | 14,943 | #6 |
| 2014 | 13,534 | #6 |
| 2013 | 13,166 | #6 |
| 2012 | 12,039 | #8 |
| 2011 | 11,543 | #9 |
| 2010 | 10,650 | #10 |
| 2009 | 11,438 | #10 |
| 2008 | 10,173 | #14 |
| 2007 | 10,922 | #15 |
| 2006 | 12,027 | #13 |
| 2005 | 10,846 | #17 |
| 2004 | 7,399 | #30 |
| 2003 | 7,083 | #36 |
| 2002 | 6,259 | #43 |
| 2001 | 3,918 | #76 |
| 2000 | 3,451 | #93 |
| 1999 | 2,738 | #120 |
| 1998 | 2,567 | #130 |
| 1997 | 2,494 | #128 |
| 1996 | 1,690 | #180 |
| 1995 | 1,101 | #255 |
| 1994 | 861 | #316 |
| 1993 | 795 | #330 |
| 1992 | 822 | #328 |
| 1991 | 780 | #338 |
| 1990 | 782 | #340 |
| 1989 | 661 | #382 |
| 1988 | 620 | #387 |
| 1987 | 544 | #410 |
| 1986 | 491 | #437 |
| 1985 | 500 | #438 |
| 1984 | 452 | #462 |
| 1983 | 470 | #441 |
| 1982 | 547 | #415 |
| 1981 | 719 | #331 |
| 1980 | 683 | #346 |
| 1979 | 604 | #375 |
| 1978 | 523 | #395 |
| 1977 | 443 | #450 |
| 1976 | 354 | #503 |
| 1975 | 366 | #494 |
| 1974 | 388 | #464 |
| 1973 | 350 | #498 |
| 1972 | 414 | #451 |
| 1971 | 481 | #432 |
| 1970 | 488 | #450 |
| 1969 | 460 | #447 |
| 1968 | 681 | #335 |
| 1967 | 738 | #321 |
| 1966 | 721 | #328 |
| 1965 | 1,053 | #267 |
| 1964 | 297 | #571 |
| 1963 | 105 | #1,047 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,192 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,541 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,515 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,692 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,578 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,480 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,819 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
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