Girls' name · peaked in 2015
Mia name popularity since 1925
310,610 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mia. Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Mia is about 13 years old in 2026. Mia peaked in 2015 as the #6 name for girls, and it ranked #6 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 310,610
- Named Mia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #6
- for girls in 2025 (11,078 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 310,219 girls · 391 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.87× its national share
Peak year is the year Mia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mia births per year, 1925–2025
2015 was the biggest year for Mia both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1963 and 1968, Mia became 7.6× more common, from 1 in 18,400 baby girls to 1 in 2,410.
- Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 1,680 to 1 in 3,580.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 105 | 0 | #3,588 |
| 1950s | 360 | 0 | #1,590 |
| 1960s | 4,240 | 0 | #267 |
| 1970s | 4,411 | 13 | #494 |
| 1980s | 5,687 | 26 | #438 |
| 1990s | 14,630 | 6 | #255 |
| 2000s | 83,516 | 135 | #17 |
| 2010s | 129,110 | 134 | #6 |
| 2020–25 | 68,154 | 77 | #6 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
52.5% of babies named Mia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Mia is most popular
The index compares Mia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.87× | 3,192 |
| Arizona | 2.23× | 9,027 |
| Florida | 1.90× | 21,425 |
| California | 1.72× | 56,886 |
| Texas | 1.65× | 40,270 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mia (this page) | 310,219 | 2015 |
| Mya | 62,305 | 2009 |
| Miah | 9,583 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mia (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data