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Is Leo a Male or Female Name?

Leo is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Leo globally is 95.9% males and 4.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Spain with 18.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Leo in percentages: Globally: 95.9% males, 4.1% females, United States: 98.1% males, 1.9% females, Italy: 97.6% males, 2.4% females, Netherlands: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, France: 96.2% males, 3.8% females, Mexico: 87.4% males, 12.6% females, Brazil: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, Spain: 81.2% males, 18.8% females, Colombia: 88.8% males, 11.2% females, United Kingdom: 97.9% males, 2.1% females, China: 99.3% males, 0.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Leo are 65+ years old, making up 22.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Leo in each age group: 18-24: 10.1%, 25-34: 13.7%, 35-44: 16.9%, 45-54: 18.4%, 55-64: 18.1%, 65+: 22.8%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Leo is China with 0.1782% of the population. Following is Hong Kong SAR China and Netherlands.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Leo year over year: 1956: 0.0568‰, 1957: 0.0541‰, 1958: 0.0538‰, 1959: 0.0595‰, 1960: 0.0527‰, 1961: 0.0534‰, 1962: 0.0506‰, 1963: 0.0503‰, 1964: 0.0517‰, 1965: 0.0471‰, 1966: 0.0493‰, 1967: 0.0464‰, 1968: 0.0474‰, 1969: 0.0487‰, 1970: 0.053‰, 1971: 0.0467‰, 1972: 0.0458‰, 1973: 0.049‰, 1974: 0.0494‰, 1975: 0.0523‰, 1976: 0.052‰, 1977: 0.0528‰, 1978: 0.0499‰, 1979: 0.0488‰, 1980: 0.0527‰, 1981: 0.0481‰, 1982: 0.0484‰, 1983: 0.047‰, 1984: 0.0486‰, 1985: 0.0436‰, 1986: 0.0438‰, 1987: 0.047‰, 1988: 0.0424‰, 1989: 0.043‰, 1990: 0.0412‰, 1991: 0.0341‰, 1992: 0.0364‰, 1993: 0.0358‰, 1994: 0.0381‰, 1995: 0.0392‰, 1996: 0.0396‰, 1997: 0.0373‰, 1998: 0.0319‰, 1999: 0.0325‰, 2000: 0.0274‰, 2001: 0.0303‰

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