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Is Kathleen a Male or Female Name?

Kathleen is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Kathleen globally is 0.1% males and 99.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is France with 1.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Kathleen in percentages: Globally: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United States: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, United Kingdom: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Belgium: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Germany: 1.2% males, 98.8% females, Philippines: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, Ireland: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, France: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Brazil: 0.0% males, 100.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Kathleen are 65+ years old, making up 60.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Kathleen in each age group: 18-24: 2.0%, 25-34: 6.6%, 35-44: 6.4%, 45-54: 6.6%, 55-64: 17.6%, 65+: 60.8%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Kathleen is Ireland with 0.1692% of the population. Following is United States and Philippines.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Kathleen year over year: 1956: 0.0691‰, 1957: 0.06‰, 1958: 0.0497‰, 1959: 0.0437‰, 1960: 0.0311‰, 1961: 0.0322‰, 1962: 0.0324‰, 1963: 0.0283‰, 1964: 0.0269‰, 1965: 0.0194‰, 1966: 0.0177‰, 1967: 0.0159‰, 1968: 0.0151‰, 1969: 0.015‰, 1970: 0.0103‰, 1971: 0.0125‰, 1972: 0.0102‰, 1973: 0.0076‰, 1974: 0.008‰, 1975: 0.0061‰, 1976: 0.0075‰, 1977: 0.0073‰, 1978: 0.0073‰, 1979: 0.0082‰, 1980: 0.0061‰, 1981: 0.0069‰, 1982: 0.0077‰, 1983: 0.0073‰, 1984: 0.0078‰, 1985: 0.0084‰, 1986: 0.0083‰, 1987: 0.0086‰, 1988: 0.0082‰, 1989: 0.0094‰, 1990: 0.0081‰, 1991: 0.0101‰, 1992: 0.008‰, 1993: 0.0072‰, 1994: 0.0078‰, 1995: 0.007‰, 1996: 0.0095‰, 1997: 0.0078‰, 1998: 0.0053‰, 1999: 0.0053‰, 2000: 0.0027‰

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