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Is Neil a Male or Female Name?

Neil is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Neil globally is 99.7% males and 0.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Saudi Arabia with 3.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Neil in percentages: Globally: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Canada: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Philippines: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, South Africa: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Ireland: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, India: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, France: 97.3% males, 2.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Neil are 65+ years old, making up 30.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Neil in each age group: 18-24: 2.3%, 25-34: 4.9%, 35-44: 10.3%, 45-54: 21.6%, 55-64: 30.0%, 65+: 30.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Neil is United Kingdom with 0.2954% of the population. Following is New Zealand and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Neil year over year: 1956: 0.0286‰, 1957: 0.0244‰, 1958: 0.0311‰, 1959: 0.0383‰, 1960: 0.0257‰, 1961: 0.0293‰, 1962: 0.0323‰, 1963: 0.0371‰, 1964: 0.0333‰, 1965: 0.0269‰, 1966: 0.0322‰, 1967: 0.0315‰, 1968: 0.0274‰, 1969: 0.0387‰, 1970: 0.0286‰, 1971: 0.0281‰, 1972: 0.029‰, 1973: 0.0261‰, 1974: 0.0222‰, 1975: 0.0214‰, 1976: 0.0219‰, 1977: 0.0192‰, 1978: 0.0191‰, 1979: 0.0189‰, 1980: 0.0131‰, 1981: 0.0153‰, 1982: 0.0143‰, 1983: 0.0133‰, 1984: 0.0125‰, 1985: 0.0102‰, 1986: 0.0096‰, 1987: 0.0082‰, 1988: 0.0076‰, 1989: 0.007‰, 1990: 0.0057‰, 1991: 0.0059‰, 1992: 0.0054‰, 1993: 0.0049‰, 1994: 0.0042‰, 1995: 0.0043‰, 1996: 0.0034‰, 1997: 0.0035‰, 1998: 0.004‰, 1999: 0.0013‰, 2000: 0.0027‰

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