Babies' given names

Alex Viale made this Freedom of Information request to Immigration Department

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Immigration Department did not have the information requested.

Dear Immigration Department,

A number of countries provide statistics and trends regarding the names given by parents to their children. Would it be possible to get access to the frequency of given names (Chinese and English) for all newborn babies in Hong Kong, year by year?

Yours faithfully,
Alex V

Immigration Department

Our reference: (64) in ImmD BDM(S) 6-5/2/1 Pt. 127

Dear Mr. Alex,

Thank you for your CAI applicationon 06-09-2019.

Please be informed that the requested statistic / data mentioned in your
email was not available in this department. However, you are advised to
approach Census and Statistics Department to see if they have such
statistics / data via the following means:

Census and Statistics Department
Enquiry telephone no. : 3903 6943
Enquiry e-mail : [email address]

Should you have any enquiry, please feel free to contact the undersigned
at 2829 3582

Best regards,
LI, Chung-hin
for Registrar of Births and Deaths

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