FOI reference: FOI-2024-2257
You asked
Please may I have the information for how many children have been named Irene since the year 2000.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of statistics relating to baby names for births registered in England and Wales.
For names of babies registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland you will need to contact National Records of Scotland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, respectively.
The most up to date ONS figures are for 2022.
Please see the following publication for names given to baby girls in England and Wales for all years from 2000 to 2022.
Table 6 for each year lists all names where 3 or more babies were given that name that year, and how many for each name. Names with a count of 2 or less have been redacted using S40 of the Freedom of Information Act in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals. Therefore, if a name of interest does not appear at all, it means either 0, 1 or 2 babies were given that name that year. To locate the name 'Irene' use the search function on each spreadsheet. This can be found in the 'editing' function along the main ribbon.