Pia

Pia was the #1,452 girls' name in the US in 2025 (148 babies), and #676 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Pia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandUSCanada
Pia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,452 (148)#676 (55)#780 (3)#273 (15)#1,974 (11)
2024#1,414 (158)#837 (44)—#342 (11)#1,541 (15)
2023#1,459 (152)#851 (42)—#404 (9)#1,044 (24)
2022#1,448 (154)#655 (57)—#338 (12)#927 (28)
2021#1,816 (111)#840 (42)—#464 (8)#1,454 (16)
2020#1,849 (105)#1,200 (27)—#410 (9)#1,193 (20)
2019#1,999 (96)#1,017 (34)—#457 (8)#2,610 (7)
2018#2,048 (95)#936 (39)—#896 (3)#2,344 (8)
2017#1,943 (103)#968 (38)—#396 (10)#1,901 (11)
2016#1,908 (105)#1,112 (31)—#868 (3)#1,157 (22)
2015#2,471 (73)#1,362 (24)—#581 (6)#1,757 (12)
2014#2,517 (71)#1,882 (15)——#1,901 (11)
2013#2,364 (77)#1,484 (21)——#1,599 (14)
2012#2,016 (96)#1,525 (20)—#612 (6)#1,531 (15)
2011#2,555 (70)#1,117 (30)—#695 (5)#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,414.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Pia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,200 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Pia (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#1,2848

Pia (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
PiaCanadaGirls#1,97411
PiaEngland & WalesGirls#67655
PiaIrelandGirls#27315
PiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PiaScotlandGirls#7803
PiaUSGirls#1,452148