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Is Gay a Male or Female Name?

Gay is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Gay globally is 50.7% males and 49.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is France with 78.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 93.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Gay in percentages: Globally: 50.7% males, 49.3% females, United States: 6.6% males, 93.4% females, United Kingdom: 34.4% males, 65.6% females, Philippines: 6.7% males, 93.3% females, France: 78.0% males, 22.0% females, Australia: 20.0% males, 80.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Gay are 65+ years old, making up 41.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Gay in each age group: 25-34: 14.5%, 35-44: 18.2%, 45-54: 13.6%, 55-64: 12.7%, 65+: 41.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Gay is Philippines with 0.0123% of the population. Following is United States and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Gay year over year: 1956: 0.0025‰, 1957: 0.0037‰, 1958: 0.0028‰, 1959: 0.0032‰, 1960: 0.0021‰, 1961: 0.0036‰, 1962: 0.0019‰, 1963: 0.0015‰, 1964: 0.0009‰, 1965: 0.0015‰, 1966: 0.001‰, 1967: 0.0014‰, 1968: 0.001‰, 1969: 0.0011‰, 1970: 0.0015‰, 1971: 0.0008‰, 1972: 0.0017‰, 1973: 0.0011‰, 1974: 0.0015‰, 1975: 0.0021‰, 1976: 0.0014‰, 1977: 0.0015‰, 1978: 0.0017‰, 1979: 0.0021‰, 1980: 0.0018‰, 1981: 0.0019‰, 1982: 0.0015‰, 1983: 0.0023‰, 1984: 0.0022‰, 1985: 0.0022‰, 1986: 0.0023‰, 1987: 0.0022‰, 1988: 0.0023‰, 1989: 0.0023‰, 1990: 0.0023‰, 1991: 0.0019‰, 1992: 0.0018‰, 1993: 0.0018‰, 1994: 0.0016‰, 1995: 0.0003‰, 1996: 0.0001‰, 1997: 0.0001‰, 1998: 0.0004‰, 1999: 0.0003‰

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