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Is Desmond a Male or Female Name?

Desmond is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Desmond globally is 99.2% males and 0.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Cameroon with 3.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Desmond in percentages: Globally: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, United States: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Nigeria: 97.1% males, 2.9% females, Malaysia: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, South Africa: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, United Kingdom: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Singapore: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Ghana: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, St. Lucia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Canada: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 99.7% males, 0.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Desmond are 65+ years old, making up 21.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Desmond in each age group: 18-24: 8.9%, 25-34: 13.6%, 35-44: 20.0%, 45-54: 17.9%, 55-64: 17.9%, 65+: 21.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Desmond is St. Lucia with 0.1462% of the population. Following is Ghana and Singapore.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Desmond year over year: 1956: 0.0042‰, 1957: 0.0084‰, 1958: 0.0042‰, 1959: 0.0048‰, 1960: 0.0051‰, 1961: 0.0042‰, 1962: 0.0043‰, 1963: 0.0036‰, 1964: 0.0059‰, 1965: 0.0052‰, 1966: 0.0032‰, 1967: 0.0034‰, 1968: 0.003‰, 1969: 0.0029‰, 1970: 0.0035‰, 1971: 0.0029‰, 1972: 0.0039‰, 1973: 0.0041‰, 1974: 0.0036‰, 1975: 0.0044‰, 1976: 0.0041‰, 1977: 0.004‰, 1978: 0.0048‰, 1979: 0.0039‰, 1980: 0.0051‰, 1981: 0.0036‰, 1982: 0.0045‰, 1983: 0.0049‰, 1984: 0.0044‰, 1985: 0.0047‰, 1986: 0.0045‰, 1987: 0.005‰, 1988: 0.0041‰, 1989: 0.0037‰, 1990: 0.0033‰, 1991: 0.0029‰, 1992: 0.0037‰, 1993: 0.0037‰, 1994: 0.0036‰, 1995: 0.0013‰, 1996: 0.0016‰, 1997: 0.001‰, 1998: 0.001‰, 1999: 0.0023‰, 2000: 0.0016‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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