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Is Kay a Male or Female Name?

Kay is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Kay globally is 36.1% males and 63.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Germany with 96.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is New Zealand with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Kay in percentages: Globally: 36.1% males, 63.9% females, United States: 10.1% males, 89.9% females, United Kingdom: 13.3% males, 86.7% females, Germany: 96.5% males, 3.5% females, Australia: 11.6% males, 88.4% females, Canada: 23.0% males, 77.0% females, South Africa: 47.5% males, 52.5% females, Malaysia: 46.6% males, 53.4% females, Netherlands: 88.6% males, 11.4% females, Ireland: 3.9% males, 96.1% females, Nigeria: 85.3% males, 14.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Kay are 65+ years old, making up 39.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Kay in each age group: 18-24: 6.1%, 25-34: 11.3%, 35-44: 12.5%, 45-54: 13.1%, 55-64: 17.5%, 65+: 39.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Kay is Myanmar (Burma) with 0.2661% of the population. Following is Botswana and New Zealand.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Kay measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Kay year over year: 1956: 0.0211‰, 1957: 0.0255‰, 1958: 0.0189‰, 1959: 0.0171‰, 1960: 0.0168‰, 1961: 0.0202‰, 1962: 0.0162‰, 1963: 0.0145‰, 1964: 0.0135‰, 1965: 0.0131‰, 1966: 0.0121‰, 1967: 0.0124‰, 1968: 0.0128‰, 1969: 0.0134‰, 1970: 0.0104‰, 1971: 0.0114‰, 1972: 0.0104‰, 1973: 0.0109‰, 1974: 0.0119‰, 1975: 0.0093‰, 1976: 0.0102‰, 1977: 0.0107‰, 1978: 0.0105‰, 1979: 0.0105‰, 1980: 0.0105‰, 1981: 0.01‰, 1982: 0.0097‰, 1983: 0.0095‰, 1984: 0.0098‰, 1985: 0.0091‰, 1986: 0.0113‰, 1987: 0.0107‰, 1988: 0.0107‰, 1989: 0.0094‰, 1990: 0.0095‰, 1991: 0.0093‰, 1992: 0.0107‰, 1993: 0.0099‰, 1994: 0.0109‰, 1995: 0.0071‰, 1996: 0.005‰, 1997: 0.0051‰, 1998: 0.0028‰, 1999: 0.005‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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