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Is Laurel a Male or Female Name?

Laurel is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Laurel globally is 9.5% males and 90.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United Kingdom with 6.7% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Laurel in percentages: Globally: 9.5% males, 90.5% females, United States: 2.7% males, 97.3% females, Canada: 2.3% males, 97.7% females, United Kingdom: 6.7% males, 93.3% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Laurel are 65+ years old, making up 56.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Laurel in each age group: 18-24: 4.7%, 25-34: 6.4%, 35-44: 6.9%, 45-54: 7.6%, 55-64: 17.7%, 65+: 56.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Laurel is Canada with 0.0148% of the population. Following is United States and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Laurel year over year: 1956: 0.0052‰, 1957: 0.0051‰, 1958: 0.0035‰, 1959: 0.006‰, 1960: 0.0039‰, 1961: 0.0038‰, 1962: 0.0021‰, 1963: 0.0023‰, 1964: 0.0018‰, 1965: 0.0017‰, 1966: 0.0013‰, 1967: 0.0008‰, 1968: 0.0017‰, 1969: 0.0009‰, 1970: 0.0016‰, 1971: 0.0007‰, 1972: 0.0011‰, 1973: 0.0009‰, 1974: 0.0006‰, 1975: 0.0006‰, 1976: 0.0007‰, 1977: 0.0006‰, 1978: 0.0005‰, 1979: 0.0008‰, 1980: 0.0008‰, 1981: 0.0007‰, 1982: 0.0008‰, 1983: 0.0005‰, 1984: 0.0007‰, 1985: 0.0007‰, 1986: 0.001‰, 1987: 0.0007‰, 1988: 0.0006‰, 1989: 0.0008‰, 1990: 0.0005‰, 1991: 0.0006‰, 1992: 0.0008‰, 1993: 0.0008‰, 1994: 0.0011‰, 1995: 0.0006‰, 1996: 0.0006‰, 1997: 0.0006‰, 1998: 0.0004‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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