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Is Lou a Male or Female Name?

Lou is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lou globally is 33.7% males and 66.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Netherlands with 73.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is United Kingdom with 89.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lou in percentages: Globally: 33.7% males, 66.3% females, United States: 72.6% males, 27.4% females, France: 20.6% males, 79.4% females, United Kingdom: 10.3% males, 89.7% females, Canada: 61.2% males, 38.8% females, Algeria: 37.4% males, 62.6% females, Philippines: 29.3% males, 70.7% females, Australia: 32.9% males, 67.1% females, Belgium: 37.0% males, 63.0% females, Morocco: 16.8% males, 83.2% females, Spain: 19.2% males, 80.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lou are 65+ years old, making up 29.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lou in each age group: 18-24: 6.2%, 25-34: 15.4%, 35-44: 12.1%, 45-54: 16.0%, 55-64: 20.6%, 65+: 29.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lou is France with 0.0447% of the population. Following is Philippines and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lou year over year: 1956: 0.0188‰, 1957: 0.0202‰, 1958: 0.0168‰, 1959: 0.0169‰, 1960: 0.0173‰, 1961: 0.015‰, 1962: 0.0169‰, 1963: 0.0141‰, 1964: 0.0165‰, 1965: 0.0169‰, 1966: 0.0171‰, 1967: 0.019‰, 1968: 0.0152‰, 1969: 0.0164‰, 1970: 0.0149‰, 1971: 0.0147‰, 1972: 0.0158‰, 1973: 0.0148‰, 1974: 0.0122‰, 1975: 0.0138‰, 1976: 0.0119‰, 1977: 0.0111‰, 1978: 0.0107‰, 1979: 0.0116‰, 1980: 0.0114‰, 1981: 0.0105‰, 1982: 0.0093‰, 1983: 0.0098‰, 1984: 0.0094‰, 1985: 0.01‰, 1986: 0.0101‰, 1987: 0.0096‰, 1988: 0.0095‰, 1989: 0.008‰, 1990: 0.0119‰, 1991: 0.0142‰, 1992: 0.0145‰, 1993: 0.0115‰, 1994: 0.0111‰, 1995: 0.0093‰, 1996: 0.012‰, 1997: 0.0111‰, 1998: 0.0075‰, 1999: 0.0076‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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