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Is Howard a Male or Female Name?

Howard is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Howard 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 Malaysia with 1.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Howard in percentages: Globally: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Canada: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, South Africa: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Taiwan: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, China: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Jamaica: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Malaysia: 99.0% males, 1.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Howard are 65+ years old, making up 70.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Howard in each age group: 18-24: 0.8%, 25-34: 1.5%, 35-44: 2.9%, 45-54: 6.5%, 55-64: 17.4%, 65+: 70.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Howard is Jamaica with 0.1273% of the population. Following is Taiwan and United States.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Howard year over year: 1956: 0.0303‰, 1957: 0.026‰, 1958: 0.0223‰, 1959: 0.0232‰, 1960: 0.0129‰, 1961: 0.0174‰, 1962: 0.0154‰, 1963: 0.0143‰, 1964: 0.011‰, 1965: 0.0104‰, 1966: 0.0103‰, 1967: 0.0079‰, 1968: 0.0076‰, 1969: 0.0071‰, 1970: 0.0063‰, 1971: 0.0071‰, 1972: 0.0048‰, 1973: 0.0047‰, 1974: 0.0041‰, 1975: 0.0038‰, 1976: 0.0039‰, 1977: 0.0024‰, 1978: 0.003‰, 1979: 0.0024‰, 1980: 0.0024‰, 1981: 0.0026‰, 1982: 0.002‰, 1983: 0.0018‰, 1984: 0.0023‰, 1985: 0.0017‰, 1986: 0.0016‰, 1987: 0.0018‰, 1988: 0.0011‰, 1989: 0.0011‰, 1990: 0.001‰, 1991: 0.001‰, 1992: 0.0012‰, 1993: 0.0007‰, 1994: 0.0006‰, 1995: 0.0009‰, 1996: 0.0004‰, 1997: 0.0009‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.0013‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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