Pia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PEE-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #698 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,452 for girls
Pia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “pious, devout”. In 2025 it ranked 698th for girls in the UK (58 babies) and 1,452nd for girls in the US (148 babies).
What does Pia mean?
Latin: feminine of Pius
“pious, devout”
The feminine form of Pius, a name taken by twelve popes.
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Is Pia a girl's or a boy's name?
Pia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the UK and 148 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 698th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 4,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the UK were named Pia, making it the 698th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th.
2025 had the most girls named Pia of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Pia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 676th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Pia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #698 |
| 2024 | 44 | #887 |
| 2023 | 43 | #892 |
| 2022 | 57 | #708 |
| 2021 | 44 | #876 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Pia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,452nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 148 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were named Pia, making it the 1,452nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 158 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Pia in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | #1,452 |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,414 |
| 2023 | 152 | #1,459 |
| 2022 | 154 | #1,448 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 105 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,999 |
| 2018 | 95 | #2,048 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,943 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 96 | #2,016 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 70 | #1,665 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 79 | #1,463 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,991 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,396 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,804 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,445 |
| 1970 | 68 | #1,474 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,812 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,559 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,110 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,956 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
Names like Pia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucia, Aria, Mia, Alba, Piper, Sophia, Luna, Lara, Croia, Victoria, Emilia, Maria
Names related to Pia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pia, updated 20 October 2026.