FOI reference: FOI-2024-2478
You asked
Since 1996 in each year, how many girls have had the middle names Rose, Grace, or May? How many boys have been given the middle name James in each year in the same time period?
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not routinely produce statistics on the middle names given to babies born in England and Wales.
However, we can create a customised output for you via our user requested data service. Information on the number of babies born between 1996 and 2023 with the middle names Rose, Grace, May or James, along with other special extracts and tabulations of births data for England and Wales are available to order. Please note these services are subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs in line with our charging policy.
Please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk for more information.
As the requested information is reasonably accessible via another route, even if only on payment, the exemption found under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.