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Is Nigel a Male or Female Name?

Nigel is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Nigel 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 Singapore with 2.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Nigel in percentages: Globally: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, United Kingdom: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United States: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Canada: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, South Africa: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Ireland: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Netherlands: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Singapore: 98.0% males, 2.0% females, Malaysia: 99.0% males, 1.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Nigel are 55-64 years old, making up 37.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Nigel in each age group: 18-24: 2.3%, 25-34: 6.1%, 35-44: 5.1%, 45-54: 11.9%, 55-64: 37.7%, 65+: 36.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Nigel is Trinidad & Tobago with 0.3472% of the population. Following is Zimbabwe and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Nigel year over year: 1956: 0.0221‰, 1957: 0.0188‰, 1958: 0.0217‰, 1959: 0.0196‰, 1960: 0.0176‰, 1961: 0.0229‰, 1962: 0.0202‰, 1963: 0.0192‰, 1964: 0.0167‰, 1965: 0.0173‰, 1966: 0.0146‰, 1967: 0.0142‰, 1968: 0.0136‰, 1969: 0.0113‰, 1970: 0.009‰, 1971: 0.0093‰, 1972: 0.0067‰, 1973: 0.0052‰, 1974: 0.0063‰, 1975: 0.0044‰, 1976: 0.0045‰, 1977: 0.0033‰, 1978: 0.0032‰, 1979: 0.0025‰, 1980: 0.0021‰, 1981: 0.0028‰, 1982: 0.002‰, 1983: 0.0022‰, 1984: 0.0024‰, 1985: 0.0019‰, 1986: 0.0025‰, 1987: 0.0022‰, 1988: 0.0018‰, 1989: 0.002‰, 1990: 0.002‰, 1991: 0.0025‰, 1992: 0.0036‰, 1993: 0.0035‰, 1994: 0.0033‰, 1995: 0.0022‰, 1996: 0.0015‰, 1997: 0.0021‰, 1998: 0.0016‰, 1999: 0.0017‰, 2000: 0.0011‰

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