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Is Gwen a Male or Female Name?

Gwen is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Gwen globally is 5.4% males and 94.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is France with 20.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Gwen in percentages: Globally: 5.4% males, 94.6% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, France: 20.8% males, 79.2% females, United Kingdom: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Canada: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Belgium: 16.5% males, 83.5% females, Netherlands: 3.2% males, 96.8% females, South Africa: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Philippines: 1.7% males, 98.3% females, Ireland: 0.4% males, 99.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Gwen are 65+ years old, making up 31.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Gwen in each age group: 25-34: 20.7%, 35-44: 19.0%, 45-54: 16.4%, 55-64: 12.8%, 65+: 31.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Gwen is France with 0.0278% of the population. Following is Belgium and United States.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Gwen year over year: 1956: 0.0142‰, 1957: 0.0124‰, 1958: 0.0105‰, 1959: 0.0092‰, 1960: 0.0073‰, 1961: 0.0083‰, 1962: 0.0072‰, 1963: 0.0064‰, 1964: 0.0074‰, 1965: 0.0047‰, 1966: 0.0059‰, 1967: 0.0057‰, 1968: 0.0041‰, 1969: 0.0054‰, 1970: 0.0049‰, 1971: 0.006‰, 1972: 0.0064‰, 1973: 0.0072‰, 1974: 0.0072‰, 1975: 0.0086‰, 1976: 0.0097‰, 1977: 0.0088‰, 1978: 0.0078‰, 1979: 0.0086‰, 1980: 0.0082‰, 1981: 0.009‰, 1982: 0.008‰, 1983: 0.0085‰, 1984: 0.0082‰, 1985: 0.0088‰, 1986: 0.0089‰, 1987: 0.0093‰, 1988: 0.0095‰, 1989: 0.0101‰, 1990: 0.0109‰, 1991: 0.0122‰, 1992: 0.0117‰, 1993: 0.0083‰, 1994: 0.0072‰, 1995: 0.0065‰, 1996: 0.0054‰, 1997: 0.0043‰, 1998: 0.0032‰, 1999: 0.0036‰

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