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Is Hugh a Male or Female Name?

Hugh is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Hugh globally is 99.7% males and 0.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is China with 0.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Hugh in percentages: Globally: 99.7% males, 0.3% 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, Ireland: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, South Africa: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, China: 99.4% males, 0.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Hugh are 65+ years old, making up 59.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Hugh in each age group: 25-34: 3.8%, 35-44: 6.0%, 45-54: 9.8%, 55-64: 21.2%, 65+: 59.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Hugh is Ireland with 0.0904% of the population. Following is New Zealand and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Hugh year over year: 1956: 0.009‰, 1957: 0.0094‰, 1958: 0.0079‰, 1959: 0.008‰, 1960: 0.0065‰, 1961: 0.0071‰, 1962: 0.0056‰, 1963: 0.0052‰, 1964: 0.0056‰, 1965: 0.0049‰, 1966: 0.0042‰, 1967: 0.0043‰, 1968: 0.004‰, 1969: 0.0046‰, 1970: 0.0032‰, 1971: 0.0031‰, 1972: 0.0026‰, 1973: 0.0022‰, 1974: 0.0022‰, 1975: 0.002‰, 1976: 0.0018‰, 1977: 0.0026‰, 1978: 0.0019‰, 1979: 0.0022‰, 1980: 0.0017‰, 1981: 0.0016‰, 1982: 0.0019‰, 1983: 0.0013‰, 1984: 0.0016‰, 1985: 0.0017‰, 1986: 0.0011‰, 1987: 0.0013‰, 1988: 0.0011‰, 1989: 0.001‰, 1990: 0.0009‰, 1991: 0.0008‰, 1992: 0.0008‰, 1993: 0.0009‰, 1994: 0.0013‰, 1995: 0.0011‰, 1996: 0.0008‰, 1997: 0.001‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.0003‰

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