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 #2,006 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#385highest recorded position

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

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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
2025	#2006

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

FallingEngland 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, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

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 recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2006 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Inez appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 357 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)	#2006 (2025)	29 of 29	357 (1997–2025)	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	86	6 of 10	14

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

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2025. 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
2025	England and Wales	female	#2006	14	High	Verified
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.

Where Inez is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Inez, between 1965 and 2025, in 33 of those 61 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1965–2018	9	#385 in 1965
England and Wales	1997–2025	29	#1365 in 2009

Its high point came 44 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1965) than in England and Wales (2009).

No registrar recorded it for 18 years after 1978; it appears again in 1997.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 33 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, 38y
Stefanie · #386, 33y
Subhan · #384, 30y
Kaylen · #382, 30y

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, 38y
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.

Adelaide#385
Agatha#385
Aislinn#385
Alexis#385

What is known about Inez

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1965–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2025. 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

Popularity data

Where Inez is officially recorded

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

What is known about Inez

Inez at a glance

What stands out in Inez's record

Inez across 2 official records

Inez by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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