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Is Dad a Male or Female Name?

Dad is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Dad globally is 82.0% males and 18.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United States with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Canada with 14.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Dad in percentages: Globally: 82.0% males, 18.0% females, United States: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, United Kingdom: 89.7% males, 10.3% females, Canada: 85.7% males, 14.3% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 0.0% females, India: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, France: 88.6% males, 11.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Dad are 45-54 years old, making up 28.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Dad in each age group: 25-34: 9.0%, 35-44: 18.1%, 45-54: 28.2%, 55-64: 27.8%, 65+: 16.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Dad is Australia with 0.0172% of the population. Following is United Kingdom and United States.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Dad year over year: 1956: 0.0019‰, 1957: 0.0009‰, 1958: 0.0009‰, 1959: 0.001‰, 1960: 0.0011‰, 1961: 0.001‰, 1962: 0.0015‰, 1963: 0.0012‰, 1964: 0.001‰, 1965: 0.0016‰, 1966: 0.0019‰, 1967: 0.0017‰, 1968: 0.0021‰, 1969: 0.002‰, 1970: 0.002‰, 1971: 0.0017‰, 1972: 0.0017‰, 1973: 0.0016‰, 1974: 0.0018‰, 1975: 0.0013‰, 1976: 0.0021‰, 1977: 0.0011‰, 1978: 0.0013‰, 1979: 0.0017‰, 1980: 0.0012‰, 1981: 0.0014‰, 1982: 0.0011‰, 1983: 0.001‰, 1984: 0.0013‰, 1985: 0.0009‰, 1986: 0.001‰, 1987: 0.0008‰, 1988: 0.0008‰, 1989: 0.0008‰, 1990: 0.0007‰, 1991: 0.0006‰, 1992: 0.0004‰, 1993: 0.0005‰, 1994: 0.0005‰, 1995: 0.0003‰, 1996: 0.0002‰

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