Pia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name popular in the twentieth century. Latin Pius.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Pia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Pia has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | 11 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 17,682 |
| 2000 | 17,635 |
| 2001 | 17,608 |
| 2002 | 17,570 |
| 2003 | 17,560 |
| 2004 | 17,517 |
| 2005 | 17,450 |
| 2006 | 17,435 |
| 2007 | 17,411 |
| 2008 | 17,390 |
| 2009 | 17,373 |
| 2010 | 17,314 |
| 2011 | 17,282 |
| 2012 | 17,256 |
| 2013 | 17,214 |
| 2014 | 17,173 |
| 2015 | 17,106 |
| 2016 | 17,046 |
| 2017 | 16,987 |
| 2018 | 16,943 |
| 2019 | 16,880 |
| 2020 | 16,801 |
Pia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Pia.Hi! My name is Pia.
- Pia bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Pia lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Pia i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Pia this afternoon.
- Pias mamma är lärare.Pia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Pias mamma is Pia's mum.
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Questions about Pia
How do you pronounce Pia in Swedish?
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What does the name Pia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name popular in the twentieth century. Latin Pius.
How popular is Pia in Sweden?
6 babies were named Pia in 2022. In 2020, 16,801 people in Sweden had Pia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 1998 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.