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Is Ernest a Male or Female Name?

Ernest is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Ernest globally is 99.3% males and 0.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 2.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Ernest in percentages: Globally: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, South Africa: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, Ghana: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Nigeria: 97.5% males, 2.5% females, United Kingdom: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Cameroon: 97.9% males, 2.1% females, Spain: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, France: 98.0% males, 2.0% females, Poland: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Canada: 99.8% males, 0.2% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Ernest are 65+ years old, making up 40.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Ernest in each age group: 18-24: 5.7%, 25-34: 10.2%, 35-44: 11.4%, 45-54: 14.7%, 55-64: 17.3%, 65+: 40.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Ernest is Ghana with 0.3189% of the population. Following is Cameroon and Kenya.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Ernest year over year: 1956: 0.0194‰, 1957: 0.0195‰, 1958: 0.0154‰, 1959: 0.014‰, 1960: 0.0109‰, 1961: 0.0116‰, 1962: 0.0123‰, 1963: 0.0097‰, 1964: 0.0095‰, 1965: 0.0089‰, 1966: 0.0104‰, 1967: 0.0111‰, 1968: 0.01‰, 1969: 0.0111‰, 1970: 0.0102‰, 1971: 0.0088‰, 1972: 0.0091‰, 1973: 0.0083‰, 1974: 0.0091‰, 1975: 0.0091‰, 1976: 0.01‰, 1977: 0.0081‰, 1978: 0.0078‰, 1979: 0.0092‰, 1980: 0.0085‰, 1981: 0.0069‰, 1982: 0.008‰, 1983: 0.0071‰, 1984: 0.0071‰, 1985: 0.0072‰, 1986: 0.0068‰, 1987: 0.0064‰, 1988: 0.0057‰, 1989: 0.0061‰, 1990: 0.006‰, 1991: 0.0053‰, 1992: 0.0069‰, 1993: 0.0076‰, 1994: 0.0065‰, 1995: 0.006‰, 1996: 0.0067‰, 1997: 0.0056‰, 1998: 0.0038‰, 1999: 0.0027‰, 2000: 0.0027‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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