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Is Can a Male or Female Name?

Can is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Can globally is 95.6% males and 4.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Switzerland with 97.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is France with 12.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Can in percentages: Globally: 95.6% males, 4.4% females, Türkiye: 96.1% males, 3.9% females, Germany: 96.2% males, 3.8% females, United States: 95.1% males, 4.9% females, France: 87.2% males, 12.8% females, Netherlands: 94.0% males, 6.0% females, United Kingdom: 94.2% males, 5.8% females, Austria: 96.2% males, 3.8% females, Switzerland: 97.0% males, 3.0% females, China: 91.6% males, 8.4% females, Belgium: 92.2% males, 7.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Can are 35-44 years old, making up 27.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Can in each age group: 18-24: 10.1%, 25-34: 23.1%, 35-44: 27.9%, 45-54: 21.5%, 55-64: 13.5%, 65+: 3.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Can is Türkiye with 0.2896% of the population. Following is Germany and Austria.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Can year over year: 1956: 0.0071‰, 1957: 0.0061‰, 1958: 0.0093‰, 1959: 0.0118‰, 1960: 0.0155‰, 1961: 0.0139‰, 1962: 0.0162‰, 1963: 0.0205‰, 1964: 0.0205‰, 1965: 0.0265‰, 1966: 0.0246‰, 1967: 0.0252‰, 1968: 0.0289‰, 1969: 0.0289‰, 1970: 0.0459‰, 1971: 0.0297‰, 1972: 0.0327‰, 1973: 0.0329‰, 1974: 0.0353‰, 1975: 0.0411‰, 1976: 0.035‰, 1977: 0.0367‰, 1978: 0.0386‰, 1979: 0.0382‰, 1980: 0.051‰, 1981: 0.0407‰, 1982: 0.0451‰, 1983: 0.0469‰, 1984: 0.0477‰, 1985: 0.0544‰, 1986: 0.0466‰, 1987: 0.0515‰, 1988: 0.0476‰, 1989: 0.046‰, 1990: 0.0547‰, 1991: 0.0514‰, 1992: 0.0324‰, 1993: 0.0264‰, 1994: 0.0251‰, 1995: 0.0232‰, 1996: 0.0233‰, 1997: 0.0247‰, 1998: 0.034‰, 1999: 0.0272‰, 2000: 0.0188‰

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