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Is Karl a Male or Female Name?

Karl is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Karl globally is 99.4% males and 0.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Norway with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Malaysia with 3.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Karl in percentages: Globally: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Germany: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Austria: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, France: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, Canada: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Sweden: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Philippines: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Australia: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Ireland: 99.4% males, 0.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Karl are 65+ years old, making up 35.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Karl in each age group: 18-24: 2.2%, 25-34: 8.9%, 35-44: 10.7%, 45-54: 16.7%, 55-64: 26.2%, 65+: 35.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Karl is Austria with 0.3644% of the population. Following is Malta and Norway.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Karl year over year: 1956: 0.0403‰, 1957: 0.0431‰, 1958: 0.0436‰, 1959: 0.0456‰, 1960: 0.0374‰, 1961: 0.0371‰, 1962: 0.039‰, 1963: 0.0361‰, 1964: 0.0361‰, 1965: 0.0336‰, 1966: 0.0351‰, 1967: 0.0302‰, 1968: 0.0344‰, 1969: 0.0334‰, 1970: 0.0297‰, 1971: 0.0308‰, 1972: 0.0264‰, 1973: 0.0244‰, 1974: 0.0227‰, 1975: 0.021‰, 1976: 0.0194‰, 1977: 0.0193‰, 1978: 0.0175‰, 1979: 0.0181‰, 1980: 0.0167‰, 1981: 0.0165‰, 1982: 0.0145‰, 1983: 0.0144‰, 1984: 0.0149‰, 1985: 0.0129‰, 1986: 0.0136‰, 1987: 0.0142‰, 1988: 0.0129‰, 1989: 0.0129‰, 1990: 0.0125‰, 1991: 0.0119‰, 1992: 0.0126‰, 1993: 0.0123‰, 1994: 0.0128‰, 1995: 0.0106‰, 1996: 0.009‰, 1997: 0.0089‰, 1998: 0.0065‰, 1999: 0.0033‰, 2000: 0.0032‰

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