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Is Gideon a Male or Female Name?

Gideon is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Gideon globally is 99.2% males and 0.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Kenya with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 2.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Gideon in percentages: Globally: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Nigeria: 98.0% males, 2.0% females, Ghana: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, South Africa: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Kenya: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Netherlands: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United Kingdom: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Israel: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Philippines: 99.3% males, 0.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Gideon are 18-24 years old, making up 25.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Gideon in each age group: 18-24: 25.4%, 25-34: 17.9%, 35-44: 16.8%, 45-54: 14.0%, 55-64: 11.2%, 65+: 14.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Gideon is Ghana with 0.1823% of the population. Following is Kenya and Nigeria.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Gideon year over year: 1956: 0.0019‰, 1957: 0.0017‰, 1958: 0.0024‰, 1959: 0.0019‰, 1960: 0.0026‰, 1961: 0.001‰, 1962: 0.0012‰, 1963: 0.0016‰, 1964: 0.0015‰, 1965: 0.0017‰, 1966: 0.0013‰, 1967: 0.0017‰, 1968: 0.0018‰, 1969: 0.0009‰, 1970: 0.0024‰, 1971: 0.0017‰, 1972: 0.002‰, 1973: 0.0018‰, 1974: 0.0018‰, 1975: 0.0022‰, 1976: 0.0019‰, 1977: 0.0019‰, 1978: 0.0015‰, 1979: 0.0021‰, 1980: 0.0018‰, 1981: 0.0019‰, 1982: 0.0024‰, 1983: 0.0023‰, 1984: 0.0022‰, 1985: 0.0025‰, 1986: 0.0024‰, 1987: 0.0023‰, 1988: 0.0022‰, 1989: 0.0027‰, 1990: 0.0025‰, 1991: 0.0027‰, 1992: 0.0021‰, 1993: 0.0027‰, 1994: 0.003‰, 1995: 0.0016‰, 1996: 0.0019‰, 1997: 0.0018‰, 1998: 0.0018‰, 1999: 0.0023‰, 2000: 0.0032‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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