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Is João a Male or Female Name?

João is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named João globally is 99.3% males and 0.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Mozambique with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Brazil with 1.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named João in percentages: Globally: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Brazil: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, Portugal: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Mauritius: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Angola: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, United States: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, United Kingdom: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, France: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Switzerland: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Mozambique: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Spain: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named João are 18-24 years old, making up 75.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 45-54.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named João in each age group: 18-24: 75.9%, 25-34: 10.9%, 35-44: 4.2%, 45-54: 2.7%, 55-64: 3.2%, 65+: 3.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named João is Portugal with 1.4536% of the population. Following is Mauritius and Brazil.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named João year over year: 1956: 0.0029‰, 1957: 0.0012‰, 1958: 0.003‰, 1959: 0.0022‰, 1960: 0.0017‰, 1961: 0.0026‰, 1962: 0.0037‰, 1963: 0.0024‰, 1964: 0.0026‰, 1965: 0.0025‰, 1966: 0.0026‰, 1967: 0.0026‰, 1968: 0.0021‰, 1969: 0.0029‰, 1970: 0.002‰, 1971: 0.0027‰, 1972: 0.0019‰, 1973: 0.0024‰, 1974: 0.0022‰, 1975: 0.002‰, 1976: 0.0023‰, 1977: 0.0019‰, 1978: 0.0021‰, 1979: 0.0026‰, 1980: 0.0019‰, 1981: 0.0026‰, 1982: 0.0027‰, 1983: 0.0031‰, 1984: 0.0036‰, 1985: 0.0038‰, 1986: 0.0038‰, 1987: 0.0043‰, 1988: 0.0036‰, 1989: 0.0039‰, 1990: 0.0037‰, 1991: 0.0046‰, 1992: 0.0058‰, 1993: 0.0077‰, 1994: 0.0101‰, 1995: 0.0179‰, 1996: 0.0224‰, 1997: 0.0259‰, 1998: 0.0372‰, 1999: 0.055‰, 2000: 0.0619‰, 2001: 0.0605‰

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