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Is Boy a Male or Female Name?

Boy is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Boy globally is 97.9% males and 2.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Indonesia with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Saudi Arabia with 4.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Boy in percentages: Globally: 97.9% males, 2.1% females, Malaysia: 97.2% males, 2.8% females, Indonesia: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Netherlands: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Thailand: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, Saudi Arabia: 95.4% males, 4.6% females, Italy: 97.2% males, 2.8% females, Philippines: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, United States: 98.5% males, 1.5% females, South Africa: 96.4% males, 3.6% females, France: 97.3% males, 2.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Boy are 35-44 years old, making up 33.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Boy in each age group: 18-24: 5.1%, 25-34: 22.8%, 35-44: 33.5%, 45-54: 21.9%, 55-64: 9.4%, 65+: 7.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Boy is Thailand with 0.1027% of the population. Following is Indonesia and Malaysia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Boy year over year: 1956: 0.0023‰, 1957: 0.0024‰, 1958: 0.002‰, 1959: 0.0022‰, 1960: 0.0022‰, 1961: 0.0017‰, 1962: 0.0018‰, 1963: 0.0025‰, 1964: 0.0017‰, 1965: 0.0029‰, 1966: 0.0025‰, 1967: 0.0036‰, 1968: 0.0031‰, 1969: 0.0038‰, 1970: 0.005‰, 1971: 0.0045‰, 1972: 0.005‰, 1973: 0.0041‰, 1974: 0.0043‰, 1975: 0.0076‰, 1976: 0.0073‰, 1977: 0.0081‰, 1978: 0.0068‰, 1979: 0.0079‰, 1980: 0.0111‰, 1981: 0.0085‰, 1982: 0.0091‰, 1983: 0.0093‰, 1984: 0.0101‰, 1985: 0.011‰, 1986: 0.0099‰, 1987: 0.0103‰, 1988: 0.0087‰, 1989: 0.0083‰, 1990: 0.0082‰, 1991: 0.0071‰, 1992: 0.0082‰, 1993: 0.0074‰, 1994: 0.0054‰, 1995: 0.0023‰, 1996: 0.0014‰, 1997: 0.0011‰, 1998: 0.0012‰, 1999: 0.0007‰, 2000: 0.0016‰

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