Mia
Top 1000
About Mia
Mia is an appealingly unfussy multicultural name that has enjoyed a meteoric rise up the charts and is now firmly among the ten top girl names. Mia has surpassed its mother name Maria as the Number 1 girls' name starting with M.
Recent stats have seen this sweet but punchy name feature among the Top 10 in Australia, the US, Austria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Moldova, New Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Uruguay. It also ranks highly in the UK, Portugal, Spain, Norway, France, and Latvia.
Mia originated as a short form of Maria, which ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Miryam. In modern times, Mia has been used as a nickname for names including Amelia, Emilia, Milena, and Miriam. Mia is also an Italian and Spanish word meaning 'mine.' Typically, it is pronounced as MEE-uh, though some use this spelling as an alternative to Maya or Maia, and say it as MIE-uh.
Mia's success is largely attributable to Mia Farrow--born Maria. Her name entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 1964, the very year that Farrow gained wide attention for her role on the nighttime soap Peyton Place.
We see Mia as the daughter of Nina, or maybe Maya, and the granddaughter of Mary: a name that has something for nearly everyone. It works for the parent who wants a name that is simple and modern, and for those who seek a name with traditional roots. Mia sidesteps all the curlicues and ruffles attached to names like Isabella and Olivia, yet it's distinctly feminine.
And in some ways, Mia doesn't feel as trendy as its popularity standing might indicate. It's likable yet not really stand-out, a compromise choice for a lot of parents. Alternatives include a wide range of rhyming names that are less popular: Leah, Tea, Thea, Gia, Nia, Pia.
Kate Winslet is the mother of Mia Honey, and Ian Ziering is dad to Mia Loren.
Pronounced MEE-uh.
As of October 2026, Mia ranked #6 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #25.
Editor's take: The name Mia is a girl's name of Italian, Scandinavian origin meaning "drop of the sea".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #6 | 13,533 | 7,575.8 |
| 2015 | #6 | 14,939 | 8,368.7 |
| 2016 | #6 | 14,462 | 8,161.3 |
| 2017 | #6 | 13,519 | 7,830.5 |
| 2018 | #7 | 12,738 | 7,488.2 |
| 2019 | #8 | 12,503 | 7,449.5 |
| 2020 | #8 | 11,264 | 6,967.9 |
| 2021 | #8 | 11,167 | 6,805.6 |
| 2022 | #8 | 11,068 | 6,748.2 |
| 2023 | #6 | 11,395 | 7,101.5 |
| 2024 | #5 | 12,113 | 7,476.3 |
| 2025 | #6 | 11,078 | 6,892.4 |
World rankings
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Mia on lists
Famous Mias
- Mia Borisavljevic
Serbian pop and folk singer
- Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm
American soccer player
- María de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow
American actress
- Mia Michaels
American dancer and choreographer
- Mia Wasikowska
Australian actress
- Mia Talerico
American child actress
- Mia Abagale Tyler
American model and actress; daughter of singer Steven Tyler
- Mia Rose Frampton
American actress; daughter of singer Peter Frampton
- Mia Sara
American actress
- Mia Doi Todd
American singer,songwriter
- Mia Stallard
American child actress
- Mia Katherine Zapata
American singer of band The Gits
- Mia Amber Davis
American model/actress
- Mia Aegerter
Swiss singer
- Mia Martini
stage name of Domenica Bertè, Italian singer
- Mia
stage name of Vilija Pilibaitytė, Lithuanian singer
- Mia Murano
Japanese model
- Mia Khalifa
Lebanese,American adult film actress
- Mia Rose
stage name of Maria Antónia Teixeira Rosa, British singer,songwriter
- Mia X
stage name of Mia Young, American rapper
- Mia Kirshner
Canadian actress
- Mia Diaz
American dancer and reality TV personality ("Dance Moms: Miami")
- M.I.A.
stage name of Mathangi Arulpragasam, British pop singer,songwriter
- Mia Amor Mottley
Prime Minister of Barbados
- Mia Sinclair Jenness
American actress
- Mia Goth
English actress, married to actor Shia LaBeouf
- Mia Maestro
Argentine actress and singer,songwriter
- Mia Hays
American child actress
- Ludmya Bourdeau "Mia" Love
U.S. Congresswoman from Utah
- Mia Susan Kovacs
daughter of actors Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams
- Mia Claman Deakin
daughter of reality TV personality Jody Claman ("The Real Housewives of Vancouver")
- Mia Turner (b. 1969)
daughter of singer Ike Turner and Margaret Ann Thomas
- Mia Mantegna (b. 1987)
daughter of actor Joe Mantegna
- Cara Mia Wayans (b. 1987)
daughter of actor/comedian Damon Wayans
- Mia Cash (b. 1988)
daughter of tennis player Pat Cash and model Anne,Britt Kristiansen
- Mia Quinn (b. 1998)
daughter of actors Aidan Quinn and Elizabeth Bracco
- Mia Grace Ella Niccol (b. 2000)
daughter of director Andrew Niccol
- Mia Honey Threapleton (b. 2000)
daughter of actress Kate Winslet and Jim Threapleton
- Mia Innes Brisbin (b. 2002)
daughter of actress Laura Innes and David Brisbin
- Mia Marić (b. 2006)
daughter of tennis player Iva Majoli and Stipe Marić
- Mia Robertson (b. 2006)
daughter of reality TV personalities Jase and Missy Robertson ("Duck Dynasty")
- Mia Cuomo (b. 2007)
daughter of musician Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
- Mia Regina Sorensen (b. 2008)
daughter of reality TV personality Regina Bird and Dale Sorenson
- Mia Rebecca Hewitt (b. 2010)
daughter of tennis player Lleyton Hewitt and actress Bec Cartwright
- Mia Quaglia Orozco (b. 2010)
daughter of actress Ana Maria Orozco and Martín Quaglia
- Mida Haddin (b. 2011)
daughter of cricketer Brad Haddin
- Mia Hossa (b. 2011)
daughter of ice hockey player Marian Hossa
- Mia Loren Ziering (b. 2011)
daughter of actor Ian Ziering
- Mia Olivia Hay (b. 2013)
daughter of skaters Annabelle Langlois and Cody Hay
- Mia Grace Tindall (b. 2014)
daughter of Mike and Zara Tindall; great,granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
- Mia Obi (b. 2015)
daughter of footballer Mikel Obi; twin of sister Ava
- Mia Alma Lavandeira (b. 2015)
daughter of blogger Perez Hilton
- Mia KayLee Simmons (b. 2016)
daughter of reality TV personality JoJo Simmons ("Run's House")
- Mia Noel Brett (b. 2017)
daughter of Madison Brett, niece of singer Tyler Joseph
- Mia Love Thicke (b. 2018)
daughter of singer Robin Thicke
- Mia Malkova (b. 1992) is an American adult actress. She is the subject of the 2018 documentary film God
Sex and Truth.
- Mia St. John (b. 1967) Mexican American professional boxer
born Mia Rosales
- Mia Maples
Canadian youtuber
Mia in pop culture
- Amelia "Mia" Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi
main character in "The Princess Diaries"
- Mia Toretto
in the "Fast and Furious" movie series
- Mia Jones
character on "Degrassi: The New Generation"
- Mia Wallace
in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
- Mia McCormick
character on the soap "Days of Our Lives"
- Mia St. Clair
from the American Girl doll collection
- Mia Catalano
character from "One Tree Hill"
- Mia Dearden
DC comic character
- Mia Rizzo
character on the US show "Vegas"
- Mia
slang for bulimia nervosa
- Mia Fey
character in the "Ace Attorney" video game series
- Mia Lewis
from "Californication"
- Mia Form
character from "The Conjuring" series
- Mia Hall
from the book "If I Stay" by Gale Forman
- Mia
from "Vampire Academy" by Richelle Mead
- Mia Colucci
character in Mexican Soap Opera "Rebelde"
- Mia Winchell
protagonist of Wendy Mass's novel "A Mango,Shaped Space"
- Mia Grey
Christian Grey's little sister in "50 Shades of Grey"
- Mia Buhalmet
character in "Fran Bow"
- Mia
character in Evil Dead (2013)
- Mia Dennet (also goes by Chloe)
protagonist of Mary Kubica's novel "The Good Girl"
- Mia
lead character in 2016's "La La Land"
- Mia Winters
the main female protagonist in the video game "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard"
- Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi
character from DC's Gotham Academy
- Mia
a LEGO Friends character
- Mia
a character in the mobile game “High School Story"
- Mia Corvere
main character in the Nevernight series by Jay Kristoff.