Pia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pia: Recorded since 1951, it reached #74 in 2005, and it stood at #127 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
128times a registrar ranked it
75years from first to last
#74highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#820
1998	#1122
1999	#1060
2000	#1033
2001	#936
2002	#938
2003	#1056
2004	#840
2005	#1295
2006	#753
2007	#1102
2008	#859
2009	#1526
2010	#1150
2011	#1117
2012	#1525
2013	#1484
2014	#1882
2015	#1362
2016	#1112
2017	#968
2018	#936
2019	#1017
2020	#1200
2021	#840
2022	#655
2023	#851
2024	#837

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 74 of the 75 years from 1951 to 2025.

In 2025: #127 among girls in Norway, #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1951–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1951
First recorded at #349 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1951–2025
Highest recorded position: #74 among girls in Norway, in 2005 (recorded 1951–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #127 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Pia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 74 years beginning in 1951, and has registered 3,860 births with the name.

Pia across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#349 (1951)	#74 (2005)	#127 (2025)	74 of 75	3,860 (1951–2025)	95 (1991)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#521 (1986)	#273 (2025)	#273 (2025)	25 of 40	166 (1986–2025)	15 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#655 (2022)	#837 (2024)	29 of 29	831 (1996–2024)	57 (2022)

Pia by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pia in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	110	8 of 10	14
1960s	347	10 of 10	35
1970s	631	10 of 10	63
1980s	598	10 of 10	60
1990sbusiest	678	10 of 10	68
2000s	672	10 of 10	67
2010s	497	10 of 10	50
2020s	327	6 of 10	55

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 68 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1972 and 1973, when recorded births fell by 31, from 90 to 59.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Pia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1951 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #74 in Norway in 2005.

Pia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#837	44	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#851	42	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#655	57	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#840	42	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1200	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1017	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#936	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#968	38	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1117	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1150	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#859	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#753	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1033	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#820	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#127	45	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#92	62	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#104	55	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#93	58	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#88	60	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#114	47	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#110	51	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#128	44	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#131	46	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#120	51	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#126	49	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#142	45	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#117	53	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#126	54	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#137	49	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#129	55	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#93	75	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#112	62	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#104	66	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#100	68	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#74	87	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#94	71	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#107	60	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#109	58	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#106	63	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#114	62	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#116	60	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#112	65	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#120	61	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#123	62	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#125	60	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#140	52	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#120	68	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#117	72	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#88	95	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#100	83	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#91	88	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#107	70	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#99	73	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#95	74	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#109	63	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#130	51	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#133	49	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#164	38	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#138	50	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#148	42	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#180	31	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#139	45	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#148	40	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#94	69	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#92	76	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#107	64	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#115	59	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#84	90	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#96	80	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#97	77	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#106	65	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#120	50	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#115	49	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#156	31	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#161	28	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#147	32	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#156	28	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#188	20	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#171	24	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#196	20	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#197	19	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#216	16	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#207	17	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#225	15	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#223	16	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#256	12	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#349	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1951 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #74, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 95 births, registered in Norway in 1991.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1986, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Phuong · #353, 34y
Phyllis · #226, 34y
Piaras · #210, 18y
Pierce · #122, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kent · #70, 75y
Regina · #80, 73y
Ina · #56, 76y
Jonny · #55, 79y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Adrienne · #74, 63y
Ari · #74, 44y
Ann-Kristin · #73, 48y
Dale · #75, 62y

Pia was ranked #74 in Norway · Girls in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pia without appearing here.

Pia moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1364 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #820 and #2738.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #1798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1362 and #3252.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1200 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #840 and #2499.
Shauna Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #1798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1362 and #2496.

Moved ahead of Pia

Ida Compare
In 2008 they stood at #859 and #937 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1526 and #726.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1017 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1200 and #460.
Olive Compare
In 2006 they stood at #753 and #816 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1102 and #623.
Alma Compare
In 2008 they stood at #859 and #1247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1526 and #1105.

Moved the opposite way to Pia

Anita Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 while Anita went from #86 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 while Åse went from #23 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 while Aud went from #10 to #427.

Moved the same way as Pia

Ada Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 and Ada from #317 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 and Alma from #357 to #8.
Anna Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 and Anna from #60 to #23.
Elise Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Pia went from #349 to #127 and Elise from #216 to #63.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1951 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #74 in Norway in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pia

Pia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pia across 3 official records

Pia by decade in Norway · Girls

Pia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Pia

Pia and the names beside it

Pia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pia

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Pia at a glance

Pia across 3 official records

Pia by decade in Norway · Girls

Pia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Pia

Pia and the names beside it

Pia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pia

Moved the opposite way to Pia

Moved the same way as Pia