Popularity of the name Mia, 1933–2025
Mia was at its most popular in 2015, when 14,943 girls were given the name: about 1 in 120 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #6. In 2025, 11,078 girls were named Mia, ranking #6. In all, Social Security counts 310,219 girls named Mia since 1933. Social Security’s records also list 391 boys named Mia.
- Peak year
- 2015
- Rank in 2015
- #6
- Babies in 2015
- 14,943
- Rank in 2025
- #6
- Total since 1933
- 310,219
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name held at #6 from 2015 to 2025: 14,943 girls got it in 2015, and 11,078 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade was the 2010s, when 129,110 girls were named Mia, #6 for the decade. It ranked #7,081 in the 1930s and #6 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 5 in 1940 (#4,349), 52 in 1960 (#1,542), 683 in 1980 (#346), 3,451 in 2000 (#93) and 11,269 in 2020 (#8).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 14,943, in 2015. Its best rank in any year was #5, first reached in 2024.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1933 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Mia, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 6 | #3,753 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,349 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,738 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,493 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,139 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,388 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,739 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,769 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,329 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,013 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,185 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,842 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,820 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,783 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,481 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,579 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,693 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,705 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,908 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,516 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,542 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,192 |
| 1963 | 105 | #1,047 |
| 1964 | 297 | #571 |
| 1965 | 1,053 | #267 |
| 1966 | 721 | #328 |
| 1967 | 738 | #321 |
| 1968 | 681 | #335 |
| 1969 | 460 | #447 |
| 1970 | 488 | #450 |
| 1971 | 481 | #432 |
| 1972 | 414 | #451 |
| 1973 | 350 | #498 |
| 1974 | 388 | #464 |
| 1975 | 366 | #494 |
| 1976 | 354 | #503 |
| 1977 | 443 | #450 |
| 1978 | 523 | #395 |
| 1979 | 604 | #375 |
| 1980 | 683 | #346 |
| 1981 | 719 | #331 |
| 1982 | 547 | #415 |
| 1983 | 470 | #441 |
| 1984 | 452 | #462 |
| 1985 | 500 | #438 |
| 1986 | 491 | #437 |
| 1987 | 544 | #410 |
| 1988 | 620 | #387 |
| 1989 | 661 | #382 |
| 1990 | 782 | #340 |
| 1991 | 780 | #338 |
| 1992 | 822 | #328 |
| 1993 | 795 | #330 |
| 1994 | 861 | #316 |
| 1995 | 1,101 | #255 |
| 1996 | 1,690 | #180 |
| 1997 | 2,494 | #128 |
| 1998 | 2,567 | #130 |
| 1999 | 2,738 | #120 |
| 2000 | 3,451 | #93 |
| 2001 | 3,918 | #76 |
| 2002 | 6,259 | #43 |
| 2003 | 7,083 | #36 |
| 2004 | 7,399 | #30 |
| 2005 | 10,846 | #17 |
| 2006 | 12,027 | #13 |
| 2007 | 10,922 | #15 |
| 2008 | 10,173 | #14 |
| 2009 | 11,438 | #10 |
| 2010 | 10,650 | #10 |
| 2011 | 11,543 | #9 |
| 2012 | 12,039 | #8 |
| 2013 | 13,166 | #6 |
| 2014 | 13,534 | #6 |
| 2015 | 14,943 | #6 |
| 2016 | 14,464 | #6 |
| 2017 | 13,521 | #6 |
| 2018 | 12,742 | #7 |
| 2019 | 12,508 | #8 |
| 2020 | 11,269 | #8 |
| 2021 | 11,177 | #8 |
| 2022 | 11,077 | #8 |
| 2023 | 11,404 | #6 |
| 2024 | 12,149 | #5 |
| 2025 | 11,078 | #6 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.