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Is Jay a Male or Female Name?

Jay is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Jay globally is 96.6% males and 3.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Germany with 19.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Jay in percentages: Globally: 96.6% males, 3.4% females, United States: 97.8% males, 2.2% females, United Kingdom: 94.7% males, 5.3% females, India: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Canada: 97.8% males, 2.2% females, Philippines: 97.0% males, 3.0% females, Australia: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Malaysia: 90.9% males, 9.1% females, Saudi Arabia: 92.1% males, 7.9% females, France: 94.2% males, 5.8% females, South Africa: 89.1% males, 10.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Jay are 35-44 years old, making up 20.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Jay in each age group: 18-24: 8.5%, 25-34: 16.0%, 35-44: 20.9%, 45-54: 18.8%, 55-64: 15.2%, 65+: 20.5%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Jay is Philippines with 0.2176% of the population. Following is South Korea and United States.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Jay year over year: 1956: 0.0355‰, 1957: 0.0385‰, 1958: 0.0363‰, 1959: 0.0372‰, 1960: 0.0356‰, 1961: 0.0309‰, 1962: 0.0313‰, 1963: 0.0319‰, 1964: 0.0309‰, 1965: 0.0241‰, 1966: 0.0272‰, 1967: 0.0299‰, 1968: 0.0264‰, 1969: 0.0341‰, 1970: 0.0365‰, 1971: 0.0395‰, 1972: 0.0332‰, 1973: 0.0358‰, 1974: 0.0367‰, 1975: 0.0367‰, 1976: 0.0366‰, 1977: 0.0378‰, 1978: 0.0375‰, 1979: 0.039‰, 1980: 0.0415‰, 1981: 0.0408‰, 1982: 0.0426‰, 1983: 0.0426‰, 1984: 0.0418‰, 1985: 0.0424‰, 1986: 0.0424‰, 1987: 0.0444‰, 1988: 0.0386‰, 1989: 0.0361‰, 1990: 0.0343‰, 1991: 0.0331‰, 1992: 0.0383‰, 1993: 0.0347‰, 1994: 0.0325‰, 1995: 0.0167‰, 1996: 0.0131‰, 1997: 0.0162‰, 1998: 0.017‰, 1999: 0.0196‰, 2000: 0.0167‰, 2001: 0.0182‰

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