Mie

Girls' name

Possibly to be bitter, through Marie

Mie has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1987. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Mie, 2008

1 in 786,000

Mie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mie: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly to be bitter, through Marie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mie means

Mie belongs to the name family reached through Mie → Marie → Maria → מרים. Its meaning is “to be bitter”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mie is used in Danish, Dutch and Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marie, Maria and מרים.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Mie between 1987 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1993; its best national rank was #11,350 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mie?

Mie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 786,000; 5 of 3,930,727 births
Among girls only: 1 in 378,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 544,916 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 544,916 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mie was born before 1993 — so the typical Mie is around 32 today.

Median birth year: 1993; About 32 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Mie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (7)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #11,350; 1993

Mie around the world

Where Mie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Norway
1880–2025
#48
in 2025

Popularity data from Statistics Norway. SSB data under CC BY 4.0.

Mie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,350; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 7 that year
First recorded: 1987
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Miera Miel Miela Miella Mieke Mieko Mierra Mieya Pamie Kyomie Mielle Emie Lomie Mieasha Damie Ezmie Esmie Famie Namie Domie Normie Samie Mimmie Commie

Sibling names for Mie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Shaquille Tylor Eloy Raheem Denton Coty

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