US rank #1408 Girls' name Peak 2024 3,835 births

Pia — #1408 US girls' name

3,835 babies named Pia in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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#1408
of 17,661 girls in use

More common than 92% of names given to girls today.

2010s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Pia was born in this single decade.

2024
Single peak year

158 babies were named Pia in 2024 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pia

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,835 babies named Pia between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pia currently holds the #1408 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 158 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 844 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Pia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 677 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Pia in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,835 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Pia at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

3,835

Since 1908

117 years of records

Peak year

2024

158 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

#1,408

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1908

Recorded for 117 years

Last year on file: 2024

Pia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1908

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
158
Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
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Pia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
844 births that decade — 22% of Pia's all-time total
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Pia by state

Where Pia concentrates geographically — total births since 1908

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Pia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
677 17.7%
#2 California
459 12.0%
#3 Texas
197 5.1%
#4 Florida
127 3.3%
#5 New Jersey
105 2.7%
#6 Pennsylvania
49 1.3%
#7 Massachusetts
33 0.9%
#8 Illinois
22 0.6%
New York share of Pia's total US births 17.7%
Even split

677 of 3,835 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.

Pia appears in 19 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pia?
3,835 babies have been named Pia since 1908. It currently ranks #1408 among girls. The peak year was 2024 with 158 births.
When was Pia most popular?
Pia was most popular in the 2010s decade with 844 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Pia most popular?
The top states for the name Pia are New York (677 births), California (459 births), Texas (197 births).
How long has the name Pia been used?
Pia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1908, spanning 117 years of data through 2024.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1908–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.