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Is Chris a Male or Female Name?

Chris is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Chris globally is 90.8% males and 9.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Niger with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Brazil with 63.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Chris in percentages: Globally: 90.8% males, 9.2% females, United States: 94.4% males, 5.6% females, United Kingdom: 94.5% males, 5.5% females, Canada: 96.4% males, 3.6% females, France: 75.2% males, 24.8% females, Australia: 98.0% males, 2.0% females, Germany: 92.8% males, 7.2% females, Netherlands: 94.0% males, 6.0% females, South Africa: 96.5% males, 3.5% females, Belgium: 68.4% males, 31.6% females, Nigeria: 96.0% males, 4.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Chris are 55-64 years old, making up 25.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Chris in each age group: 18-24: 2.0%, 25-34: 11.1%, 35-44: 16.5%, 45-54: 23.4%, 55-64: 25.5%, 65+: 21.4%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Chris is United Kingdom with 0.8108% of the population. Following is New Zealand and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Chris year over year: 1956: 0.1939‰, 1957: 0.1962‰, 1958: 0.1992‰, 1959: 0.2101‰, 1960: 0.2032‰, 1961: 0.2184‰, 1962: 0.2069‰, 1963: 0.2168‰, 1964: 0.2067‰, 1965: 0.2139‰, 1966: 0.2383‰, 1967: 0.2367‰, 1968: 0.2314‰, 1969: 0.2375‰, 1970: 0.2174‰, 1971: 0.2528‰, 1972: 0.2441‰, 1973: 0.238‰, 1974: 0.2178‰, 1975: 0.1981‰, 1976: 0.1946‰, 1977: 0.1806‰, 1978: 0.1791‰, 1979: 0.1762‰, 1980: 0.1485‰, 1981: 0.1627‰, 1982: 0.1747‰, 1983: 0.1706‰, 1984: 0.167‰, 1985: 0.1528‰, 1986: 0.145‰, 1987: 0.1315‰, 1988: 0.1148‰, 1989: 0.1055‰, 1990: 0.1007‰, 1991: 0.102‰, 1992: 0.1159‰, 1993: 0.1155‰, 1994: 0.0999‰, 1995: 0.0726‰, 1996: 0.0578‰, 1997: 0.0467‰, 1998: 0.0404‰, 1999: 0.0245‰, 2000: 0.0178‰, 2001: 0.0182‰

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