How common is the name Mia?

219,780 people in the United States have the first name Mia, about 1 in 1,374. It ranks #254 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIA

#254

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
219,780
About
1 in 1,374
This common or more
45.9%
Who bears it

Of the 219,780 people named Mia, 44.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 36.5% as White and 8.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mia peaked in 2015, when 14,960 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19332025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
14,960
In 2025*
11,087 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 310,610 babies have been given the name since 1933. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #11. The largest share of babies named Mia, 52.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1930s#11,2936
1940s#4,911105
1950s#2,880360
1960s#8414,240
1970s#8244,424
1980s#7345,713
1990s#41414,636
2000s#8183,651
2010s#21129,244
2020s#1168,231
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–1240.5%
2013 and later52.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mia has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Arizona (2.4×), and Florida (2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.29×).

308,399 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mia

#252 Anne · 221,693#253 Brianna · 221,271#255 Bonnie · 219,134#256 Jasmine · 218,324

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mia, most common first.

#3,084 Miah · 7,153#3,253 Mi · 6,568#3,292 Miya · 6,486#9,048 Miao · 1,567#15,541 Mio · 739#16,369 Mie · 690#19,676 Miwa · 534#21,612 Miae · 468

Also a last name

As a last name, Mia ranks #25,932 of 156,621, with 994 people. See Mia as a last name

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