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Is Lay a Male or Female Name?

Lay is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lay globally is 33.0% males and 67.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 96.6% and the country with the highest female ratio is Singapore with 78.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lay in percentages: Globally: 33.0% males, 67.0% females, Malaysia: 28.2% males, 71.8% females, United States: 38.1% males, 61.9% females, St. Lucia: 96.6% males, 3.4% females, Singapore: 21.2% males, 78.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lay are 35-44 years old, making up 28.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lay in each age group: 25-34: 18.6%, 35-44: 28.7%, 45-54: 22.6%, 55-64: 18.1%, 65+: 12.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lay is St. Lucia with 0.0609% of the population. Following is Singapore and Malaysia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lay year over year: 1956: 0.0004‰, 1957: 0.0003‰, 1958: 0.0008‰, 1959: 0.0004‰, 1960: 0.0006‰, 1961: 0.0006‰, 1962: 0.0006‰, 1963: 0.0005‰, 1964: 0.001‰, 1965: 0.0009‰, 1966: 0.0011‰, 1967: 0.0014‰, 1968: 0.0008‰, 1969: 0.0007‰, 1970: 0.0008‰, 1971: 0.001‰, 1972: 0.001‰, 1973: 0.0014‰, 1974: 0.0014‰, 1975: 0.0006‰, 1976: 0.001‰, 1977: 0.0012‰, 1978: 0.0011‰, 1979: 0.0012‰, 1980: 0.0014‰, 1981: 0.0015‰, 1982: 0.0012‰, 1983: 0.0014‰, 1984: 0.0009‰, 1985: 0.0014‰, 1986: 0.0013‰, 1987: 0.0015‰, 1988: 0.0015‰, 1989: 0.0014‰, 1990: 0.0012‰, 1991: 0.0009‰, 1992: 0.0007‰, 1993: 0.0009‰, 1994: 0.0006‰, 1995: 0.0005‰, 1996: 0.0006‰, 1997: 0.0003‰, 1998: 0.0012‰, 1999: 0.0003‰

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