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Is Lin a Male or Female Name?

Lin is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lin globally is 32.9% males and 67.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Myanmar (Burma) with 67.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is Israel with 93.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lin in percentages: Globally: 32.9% males, 67.1% females, China: 46.1% males, 53.9% females, United States: 28.9% males, 71.1% females, Taiwan: 53.3% males, 46.7% females, Malaysia: 31.5% males, 68.5% females, United Kingdom: 12.6% males, 87.4% females, Singapore: 47.4% males, 52.6% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 26.1% males, 73.9% females, Canada: 26.3% males, 73.7% females, St. Lucia: 39.1% males, 60.9% females, France: 28.4% males, 71.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lin are 35-44 years old, making up 21.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lin in each age group: 18-24: 9.3%, 25-34: 13.8%, 35-44: 21.6%, 45-54: 19.2%, 55-64: 17.3%, 65+: 18.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lin is Taiwan with 0.4965% of the population. Following is Myanmar (Burma) and China.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lin year over year: 1956: 0.0063‰, 1957: 0.0042‰, 1958: 0.0069‰, 1959: 0.0056‰, 1960: 0.005‰, 1961: 0.005‰, 1962: 0.0061‰, 1963: 0.0042‰, 1964: 0.0054‰, 1965: 0.0063‰, 1966: 0.0053‰, 1967: 0.0058‰, 1968: 0.0056‰, 1969: 0.0058‰, 1970: 0.006‰, 1971: 0.0062‰, 1972: 0.0056‰, 1973: 0.0065‰, 1974: 0.0045‰, 1975: 0.0055‰, 1976: 0.0068‰, 1977: 0.0059‰, 1978: 0.007‰, 1979: 0.0067‰, 1980: 0.006‰, 1981: 0.0068‰, 1982: 0.0066‰, 1983: 0.0083‰, 1984: 0.0073‰, 1985: 0.0074‰, 1986: 0.0067‰, 1987: 0.0077‰, 1988: 0.007‰, 1989: 0.0054‰, 1990: 0.005‰, 1991: 0.0053‰, 1992: 0.0045‰, 1993: 0.0036‰, 1994: 0.0038‰, 1995: 0.0034‰, 1996: 0.0033‰, 1997: 0.0028‰, 1998: 0.0032‰, 1999: 0.004‰, 2000: 0.0022‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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