Mia
Meaning and origin
Contraction of Maria and pet form of other female names with the syllable -mi-. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1854.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Mia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mia has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 25 |
| 1999 | 20 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 19 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 30 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 31 |
| 2006 | 37 |
| 2007 | 37 |
| 2008 | 29 |
| 2009 | 35 |
| 2010 | 51 |
| 2011 | 34 |
| 2012 | 40 |
| 2013 | 48 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2015 | 56 |
| 2016 | 64 |
| 2017 | 76 |
| 2018 | 59 |
| 2019 | 67 |
| 2020 | 67 |
| 2021 | 81 |
| 2022 | 89 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,985 |
| 2000 | 4,048 |
| 2001 | 4,105 |
| 2002 | 4,161 |
| 2003 | 4,261 |
| 2004 | 4,323 |
| 2005 | 4,349 |
| 2006 | 4,424 |
| 2007 | 4,503 |
| 2008 | 4,649 |
| 2009 | 4,737 |
| 2010 | 4,826 |
| 2011 | 4,902 |
| 2012 | 5,027 |
| 2013 | 5,114 |
| 2014 | 5,209 |
| 2015 | 5,303 |
| 2016 | 5,431 |
| 2017 | 5,592 |
| 2018 | 5,740 |
| 2019 | 5,903 |
| 2020 | 6,055 |
Mia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mia.Hi! My name is Mia.
- Har du träffat Mia? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Mia? She started working here on Monday.
- Mia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Mias mamma är lärare.Mia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mias mamma is Mia's mum.
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Questions about Mia
How do you pronounce Mia in Swedish?
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What does the name Mia mean?
Contraction of Maria and pet form of other female names with the syllable -mi-. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1854.
How popular is Mia in Sweden?
89 babies were named Mia in 2022. In 2020, 6,055 people in Sweden had Mia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.