Girl's name
Mia
Say it MEE-uh
Roots in German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish from Miriam, possibly bitter
2 syllables
Where Mia is loved, common and rare
Loved in four German cities, Slovenia, Switzerland and ten more places. Common across Ireland, British Columbia, Quebec and 14 more places. Rare in Sweden.
1 in 102 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Slovenia 2ndSwitzerland 3rdAustria 4th
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Every place
In 34 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (2nd), Switzerland (3rd) and Austria (4th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 2nd 2025 | 155 | about 1 in 43 |
| Switzerland | 3rd 2025 | 319 | 1 in 107 |
| Austria | 4th 2025 | 452 | 1 in 79 |
| Victoria state | 4th 2025 | 321 | rank only |
| New South Wales state | 5th 2025 | 308 | rank only |
| Berlin city | 5th 2023 | 152 | about 1 in 95 |
| Cologne city | 5th 2023 | 61 | about 1 in 101 |
| Queensland state | 7th 2025 | 196 | rank only |
| Munich city | 8th 2025 | 58 | about 1 in 72 |
| Spain | 9th 2024 | 1,646 | rank only |
| Ontario province | 9th 2024 | 370 | about 1 in 147 |
| Catalonia region | 9th 2025 | 259 | 1 in 74 |
| New Zealand | 9th 2025 | 125 | rank only |
| Ireland | 11th 2025 | 207 | 1 in 102 |
| South Australia state | 12th 2025 | 58 | rank only |
| British Columbia province | 13th 2023 | 89 | about 1 in 134 |
| Quebec province | 18th 2025 | 217 | about 1 in 120 |
| The Netherlands | 20th 2025 | 402 | about 1 in 152 |
| France | 21st 2025 | 1,835 | 1 in 156 |
| England and Wales | 21st 2025 | 1,372 | 1 in 185 |
| Norway | 21st 2025 | 213 | 1 in 102 |
| Northern Ireland | 28th 2025 | 51 | 1 in 143 |
| Italy | 33rd 2024 | 1,140 | 1 in 157 |
| Scotland | 34th 2025 | 111 | 1 in 161 |
| Poland | 37th 2025 | 1,013 | 1 in 118 |
| Hungary | 59th 2025 | 169 | rank only |
| Sweden | 169th 2025 | 53 | about 1 in 758 |
| Estonia | 1st 2025 | 113 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 1st 2025 | 35 | about 1 in 86 |
| Croatia | 2nd 2025 | 355 | rank only |
| Argentina | 11th 2024 | 4,631 | rank only |
| Leipzig city | 13th 2025 | 18 | about 1 in 146 |
| Rostock city | 16th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 141 |
| Moscow city Мия | 25th 2025 | 545 | rank only |
Rare, below the listed names: Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10) and Turkey (top 30).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); NISRA (Northern Ireland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Siseministeerium (rahvastikuregister) (Estonia); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); RENAPER, Dirección Nacional de Población (datos.gob.ar) (Argentina); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow). How we count, and every source
About the name
A German, Dutch and Scandinavian pet form of Maria, Mia carries the meaning traditionally given to Maria and its Hebrew source Miriam: possibly 'bitter'. That meaning is a possibility rather than a certainty.
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It is short and bright, two syllables said MEE-uh. Mía is the accented spelling, and Mya and Mea are sound-alike variants, while Maria is the full form it comes from.
Mia is a leading name in Estonia and one of the top two in Slovenia and Croatia, and it ranks among the most popular names in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. Its high point in the French records came in 2019, and it is now slipping in more countries than it is gaining, though from a very strong position.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- MEE-uh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
- from Miriam,
possibly bitter
- Origin
- German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish
- Other spellings
- Maria
- Mie
- Mya
- Mija
- Mina
- Miia
- Nia
- Mea
- Mimma
Counted together here: Mía.
Etymology
A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 3 of 33 regions, falling in 8.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 21 |
| Scotland | 22 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 34 |
| Northern Ireland | 21 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 28 |
| Ireland | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| Ontario | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 | |
| British Columbia | 19 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 10 | |||||||||
| New South Wales | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Victoria | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Queensland | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| South Australia | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| Quebec | 15 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| France | 28 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| The Netherlands | 54 | 40 | 36 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 20 | |
| Austria | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Berlin | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Munich | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Cologne | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Bonn | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Leipzig | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| Rostock | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Norway | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 21 |
| Sweden | 165 | 141 | 175 | 156 | 153 | 135 | 122 | 146 | 120 | 169 |
| Iceland | 43 | 83 | ||||||||
| Spain | 46 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | |
| Catalonia | 18 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Italy | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 33 | |
| Poland | 66 | 71 | 61 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 37 |
| Hungary | 70 | 70 | 70 | 57 | 55 | 61 | 58 | 69 | 62 | 59 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Estonia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Moscow | 42 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 33 | 27 | 25 | |||
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Argentina | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 1,372 | 541.7 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,609 | 623.7 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,640 | 639.2 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1,868 | 708.9 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,168 | 791.1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2,303 | 858.0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2,500 | 892.7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2,490 | 863.8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,593 | 867.0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,662 | 866.7 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,842 | 922.9 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,730 | 890.2 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,993 | 970.3 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,524 | 1,094.2 |
| 2011 | 13 | 3,346 | 1,041.3 |
| 2010 | 13 | 3,009 | 937.3 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,836 | 905.0 |
| 2008 | 11 | 3,121 | 988.4 |
| 2007 | 13 | 2,970 | 970.2 |
| 2006 | 14 | 2,978 | 995.2 |
| 2005 | 18 | 2,539 | 880.8 |
| 2004 | 15 | 3,017 | 1,055.4 |
| 2003 | 15 | 3,132 | 1,123.9 |
| 2002 | 20 | 2,446 | 914.8 |
| 2001 | 25 | 2,058 | 767.9 |
| 2000 | 43 | 1,149 | 420.6 |
| 1999 | 54 | 980 | 347.9 |
| 1998 | 75 | 721 | 249.3 |
| 1997 | 89 | 583 | 198.9 |
| 1996 | 116 | 397 | 134.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Mia in France since 1925 were born in or after 2019. First recorded in 1972. Her peak year there: 2019, at 821.3 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Mia per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2019 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Mia
1 in 188 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia. Same first letter as Mia.
1 in 154 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mia.
1 in 109 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia.
1 in 70 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mia.
1 in 108 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia.
1 in 109 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mia.
1 in 88 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia. Ends in -ia, like Mia.
1 in 132 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia. Same first letter as Mia.
1 in 201 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia.
1 in 124 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mia.
Middle names for Mia
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Mia Grace
2-1 beats · initials MG
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Mia Olivia
2-4 beats · initials MO · Mia slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Mia slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Mia Rose
2-1 beats · initials MR
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Mia Emily
2-3 beats · initials ME · Mia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Mia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Mia Julia
2-3 beats · initials MJ
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Mia Charlotte
2-2 beats · initials MC
A close match on style, era and popularity. Same length as Mia: 2 syllables.
1 in 1,243 in Ireland
Mia Diana
2-3 beats · initials MD
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 405 in Northern Ireland
Mia Lydia
2-3 beats · initials ML
Changes the beat after Mia: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Mia
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 126 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 190 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 88 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 71 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 188 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 146 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 208 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Mia across countries and decades.
Famous people named Mia
Mia Mottley, Mia Hamm, Mia Wasikowska, Mia Goth, Mia Kirshner, Mia Sara, Mia Hansen-Løve and Mía Maestro.
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Prime minister of Barbados since 2018 born 1965
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American soccer player born 1972
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Australian actress (born 1989)
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British actress and model (born 1993)
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Canadian actress (born 1975)
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American actress born 1967
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French film director, screenwriter, and actress (born 1981)
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Argentine actress and singer born 1978
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Mia
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Mia?
Her best rank is No. 1 in Estonia in 2025. She is in the published lists of 34 of our 40 regions.
What does Mia mean?
Mia takes her meaning from Miriam: "possibly bitter", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Mia?
MEE-uh, with 2 syllables.
Is Mia getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 3 of 33 regions, falling in 8.
Which sister names go with Mia?
The deck's top five sisters for Mia: Mila, Emma, Ella, Lily and Ava. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.