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Is Gary a Male or Female Name?

Gary is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Gary globally is 99.8% males and 0.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Mexico with 7.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Gary in percentages: Globally: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Canada: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Ireland: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, South Africa: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, France: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, China: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Malaysia: 99.4% males, 0.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Gary are 65+ years old, making up 57.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Gary in each age group: 18-24: 1.6%, 25-34: 2.8%, 35-44: 5.1%, 45-54: 9.2%, 55-64: 24.1%, 65+: 57.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Gary is United Kingdom with 0.3309% of the population. Following is Ireland and New Zealand.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Gary year over year: 1956: 0.1653‰, 1957: 0.1688‰, 1958: 0.1458‰, 1959: 0.1359‰, 1960: 0.1139‰, 1961: 0.1312‰, 1962: 0.1142‰, 1963: 0.1049‰, 1964: 0.0945‰, 1965: 0.0807‰, 1966: 0.0881‰, 1967: 0.0811‰, 1968: 0.0719‰, 1969: 0.0637‰, 1970: 0.0544‰, 1971: 0.0531‰, 1972: 0.0439‰, 1973: 0.041‰, 1974: 0.034‰, 1975: 0.0317‰, 1976: 0.0288‰, 1977: 0.0256‰, 1978: 0.0258‰, 1979: 0.0244‰, 1980: 0.0212‰, 1981: 0.0248‰, 1982: 0.0209‰, 1983: 0.0226‰, 1984: 0.0229‰, 1985: 0.0194‰, 1986: 0.018‰, 1987: 0.0156‰, 1988: 0.0145‰, 1989: 0.0133‰, 1990: 0.0117‰, 1991: 0.0124‰, 1992: 0.0122‰, 1993: 0.0105‰, 1994: 0.0085‰, 1995: 0.0072‰, 1996: 0.005‰, 1997: 0.0042‰, 1998: 0.0065‰, 1999: 0.004‰, 2000: 0.0059‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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