NameTides

Mia

Mia was the #6 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11,078 babies), and #21 in England & Wales and #8 in Canada.

Mia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Mia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandUSScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Mia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#6 (11,078)#21 (1,372)#34 (111)#28 (51)#11 (207)#8 (856)#5 (308)#4 (321)
2024#5 (12,149)#14 (1,609)#26 (126)#20 (61)#10 (213)#7 (931)#4 (326)#4 (327)
2023#6 (11,404)#16 (1,640)#29 (118)#22 (63)#7 (242)#6 (952)#4 (347)#4 (289)
2022#8 (11,077)#10 (1,868)#19 (156)#29 (57)#8 (262)#7 (979)#5 (363)#4 (345)
2021#8 (11,177)#9 (2,168)#18 (164)#19 (82)#7 (279)#8 (1,069)#6 (375)#5 (353)
2020#8 (11,269)#5 (2,303)#17 (170)#23 (72)#10 (251)#8 (1,023)#4 (420)#4 (356)
2019#8 (12,508)#5 (2,500)#18 (179)#22 (87)#10 (289)#8 (1,119)#4 (465)#2 (413)
2018#7 (12,742)#6 (2,490)#20 (174)#23 (83)#7 (309)#8 (1,108)#4 (471)#4 (358)
2017#6 (13,521)#7 (2,590)#23 (170)#30 (66)#8 (325)#8 (1,108)#5 (418)#5 (319)
2016#6 (14,464)#10 (2,662)#22 (182)#21 (93)#8 (357)#7 (1,199)#5 (454)#3 (364)
2015#6 (14,943)#9 (2,842)#20 (212)#14 (124)#10 (360)#8 (1,214)#3 (516)#5 (283)
2014#6 (13,534)#13 (2,727)#17 (230)#23 (101)#8 (370)#8 (1,146)#2 (539)#3 (355)
2013#6 (13,166)#10 (2,993)#17 (236)#16 (127)#11 (374)#8 (1,140)#5 (518)#4 (368)
2012#8 (12,039)#7 (3,524)#10 (300)#15 (139)#6 (446)#12 (1,065)#6 (519)#5 (368)
2011#9 (11,543)#13 (3,346)#14 (278)#16 (145)#12 (400)#15 (957)#5 (531)#1 (428)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #6.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 150 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 7. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 180very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 160very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 140very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 100very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 170very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 130 to 1 in 150.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mia by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: #45MEWisconsin: #21WIVermont: #49VTNew Hampshire: #26NHWashington: #6WAIdaho: #32IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #58NDMinnesota: #15MNIllinois: #5ILMichigan: #22MINew York: #3NYMassachusetts: #7MAOregon: #12ORNevada: #2NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: #28SDIowa: #22IAIndiana: #12INOhio: #14OHPennsylvania: #7PANew Jersey: #2NJConnecticut: #5CTRhode Island: #8RICalifornia: #2CAUtah: #12UTColorado: #5CONebraska: #7NEMissouri: #21MOKentucky: #23KYWest Virginia: #73WVVirginia: #8VAMaryland: #4MDDelaware: #1DEArizona: #3AZNew Mexico: #1NMKansas: #10KSArkansas: #25ARTennessee: #15TNNorth Carolina: #7NCSouth Carolina: #10SCDistrict of Columbia: #14DCOklahoma: #10OKLouisiana: #15LAMississippi: #33MSAlabama: #21ALGeorgia: #8GAHawaii: #17HITexas: #4TXFlorida: #2FL
Mia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#9364
Quebec2025#18216

Mia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MiaCanadaGirls#8856
MiaEngland & WalesGirls#211,372
Mia-England & WalesGirls—too few
MiaIrelandGirls#11207
MíaIrelandGirls—too few
MiaNorthern IrelandGirls#2851
MiaNSWGirls#5308
MiaScotlandGirls#34111
MiaUSGirls#611,078
MiaUSBoys#8,2439
MiaVICGirls#4321