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Is Charles a Male or Female Name?

Charles is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Charles globally is 99.6% males and 0.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Chile with 7.2%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Charles in percentages: Globally: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, France: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, United Kingdom: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Nigeria: 97.9% males, 2.1% females, Canada: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Brazil: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, South Africa: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, Kenya: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Ghana: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Charles are 65+ years old, making up 50.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Charles in each age group: 18-24: 2.7%, 25-34: 6.0%, 35-44: 8.7%, 45-54: 12.3%, 55-64: 20.1%, 65+: 50.2%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Charles is Malawi with 0.8027% of the population. Following is Kenya and Zambia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Charles year over year: 1956: 0.1448‰, 1957: 0.1392‰, 1958: 0.1406‰, 1959: 0.1271‰, 1960: 0.1358‰, 1961: 0.1054‰, 1962: 0.1027‰, 1963: 0.0943‰, 1964: 0.0913‰, 1965: 0.0841‰, 1966: 0.0722‰, 1967: 0.0746‰, 1968: 0.0704‰, 1969: 0.0714‰, 1970: 0.0692‰, 1971: 0.0636‰, 1972: 0.0566‰, 1973: 0.0537‰, 1974: 0.0545‰, 1975: 0.052‰, 1976: 0.0479‰, 1977: 0.0494‰, 1978: 0.0479‰, 1979: 0.0474‰, 1980: 0.0442‰, 1981: 0.0433‰, 1982: 0.0443‰, 1983: 0.0398‰, 1984: 0.0412‰, 1985: 0.0387‰, 1986: 0.0374‰, 1987: 0.0344‰, 1988: 0.0308‰, 1989: 0.0282‰, 1990: 0.0275‰, 1991: 0.0276‰, 1992: 0.0275‰, 1993: 0.025‰, 1994: 0.0251‰, 1995: 0.0241‰, 1996: 0.0229‰, 1997: 0.0159‰, 1998: 0.0174‰, 1999: 0.0116‰, 2000: 0.0108‰, 2001: 0.0242‰

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