as a First Name
Danish and Swedish pet form of Maria. It came to be used in the English-speaking world largely as a result of the fame of the actress Mia Farrow (b. 1945) and has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity since the late 1990s.
| 1,061st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 29,721
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 121,495
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Mia per capita
- 2006
- marked the height of its popularity
99.98%
0.02%
0.04%
55+
55+
8%
30-54
30-54
6%
13-29
13-29
87%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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