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Is German a Male or Female Name?

German is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named German globally is 99.4% males and 0.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Chile with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Italy with 2.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named German in percentages: Globally: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Colombia: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United States: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Mexico: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Spain: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Argentina: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Peru: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Chile: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Bolivia: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Uruguay: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Costa Rica: 99.8% males, 0.2% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named German are 45-54 years old, making up 24.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named German in each age group: 18-24: 10.0%, 25-34: 11.8%, 35-44: 17.4%, 45-54: 24.7%, 55-64: 20.2%, 65+: 15.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named German is Argentina with 0.169% of the population. Following is Colombia and Bolivia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named German year over year: 1956: 0.0083‰, 1957: 0.007‰, 1958: 0.0107‰, 1959: 0.0085‰, 1960: 0.0089‰, 1961: 0.0103‰, 1962: 0.0103‰, 1963: 0.0095‰, 1964: 0.0099‰, 1965: 0.009‰, 1966: 0.0094‰, 1967: 0.0108‰, 1968: 0.011‰, 1969: 0.0103‰, 1970: 0.0166‰, 1971: 0.012‰, 1972: 0.0114‰, 1973: 0.0111‰, 1974: 0.013‰, 1975: 0.0128‰, 1976: 0.012‰, 1977: 0.0111‰, 1978: 0.0111‰, 1979: 0.0115‰, 1980: 0.0095‰, 1981: 0.0104‰, 1982: 0.0085‰, 1983: 0.0093‰, 1984: 0.0087‰, 1985: 0.0086‰, 1986: 0.0084‰, 1987: 0.0069‰, 1988: 0.0079‰, 1989: 0.0084‰, 1990: 0.006‰, 1991: 0.0051‰, 1992: 0.0063‰, 1993: 0.0054‰, 1994: 0.0061‰, 1995: 0.0068‰, 1996: 0.0048‰, 1997: 0.0052‰, 1998: 0.0055‰, 1999: 0.0093‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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