Inez

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Inez: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 18 years, its highest recorded position is #385, and it stood at #1,449 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#385highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Inez's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1958
1998	#1979
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2001	#2023
2002	#2540
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#2247
2006	#2137
2007	#1502
2008	#2150
2009	#1365
2010	#1993
2011	#1608
2012	#1649
2013	#1956
2014	#2659
2015	#1549
2016	#2120
2017	#3583
2018	#1711
2019	#1940
2020	#2615
2021	#1692
2022	#2325
2023	#2063
2024	#1449

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 Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 54 years from 1965 to 2018.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1711 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2018
Highest recorded position: #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1965–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1449 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Inez appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 343 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1965.

Inez across 2 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.

Inez'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#385 (1965)	#896 (2018)	9 of 54	35 (1965–2018)	5 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#1958 (1997)	#1365 (2009)	#1449 (2024)	28 of 28	343 (1997–2024)	22 (2024)

Inez by decade in England and Wales · 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 Inez in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	3 of 10	8
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	142	10 of 10	14
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Inez 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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #385 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Inez'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	#1449	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #385, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 32 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Rena · #385, 37y
Stefanie · #386, 33y
Subhan · #384, 29y
Kaylen · #382, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Gine · #385, 22y
Meriel · #385, 16y
Rena · #385, 37y
Une · #385, 32y

Inez was ranked #385 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. 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.

Inez 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 Inez without appearing here.

Inez moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #5666.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #5581.
Lorraine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2659 and #2464 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1549 and #4736.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Inez

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #938.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1313.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #1535.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2120 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Inez

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inez went from #2540 to #1449 while Dianne went from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inez went from #2540 to #1449 while Teddy went from #4137 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Inez

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inez went from #2802 to #1449 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.

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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #385 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Inez

Inez at a glance

What stands out in Inez's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Inez across 2 official records

Inez by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Inez appears in

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Inez at a glance

What stands out in Inez's record

Inez across 2 official records

Inez by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Inez appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Inez

Inez and the names beside it

Inez moved ahead of

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