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Is Basil a Male or Female Name?

Basil is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Basil globally is 98.8% males and 1.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Egypt with 3.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Basil in percentages: Globally: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, United States: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Saudi Arabia: 97.6% males, 2.4% females, India: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Nigeria: 96.5% males, 3.5% females, South Africa: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United Kingdom: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, Canada: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Jordan: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Israel: 98.3% males, 1.7% females, Egypt: 96.3% males, 3.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Basil are 18-24 years old, making up 37.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 35-44.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Basil in each age group: 18-24: 37.3%, 25-34: 12.9%, 35-44: 9.5%, 45-54: 9.5%, 55-64: 11.5%, 65+: 19.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Basil is Jordan with 0.0243% of the population. Following is Nigeria and Israel.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Basil year over year: 1956: 0.0021‰, 1957: 0.0016‰, 1958: 0.0028‰, 1959: 0.0025‰, 1960: 0.0026‰, 1961: 0.0029‰, 1962: 0.0013‰, 1963: 0.0016‰, 1964: 0.0025‰, 1965: 0.002‰, 1966: 0.0019‰, 1967: 0.0016‰, 1968: 0.0019‰, 1969: 0.0018‰, 1970: 0.0014‰, 1971: 0.0015‰, 1972: 0.0018‰, 1973: 0.0012‰, 1974: 0.0021‰, 1975: 0.002‰, 1976: 0.0017‰, 1977: 0.0021‰, 1978: 0.0017‰, 1979: 0.001‰, 1980: 0.0021‰, 1981: 0.0012‰, 1982: 0.0018‰, 1983: 0.0016‰, 1984: 0.0015‰, 1985: 0.0017‰, 1986: 0.0019‰, 1987: 0.0016‰, 1988: 0.0013‰, 1989: 0.0016‰, 1990: 0.0014‰, 1991: 0.0014‰, 1992: 0.0021‰, 1993: 0.0023‰, 1994: 0.0032‰, 1995: 0.0051‰, 1996: 0.0041‰, 1997: 0.0032‰, 1998: 0.0038‰, 1999: 0.003‰, 2000: 0.007‰

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