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Is Ling a Male or Female Name?

Ling is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Ling globally is 18.6% males and 81.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 35.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is Hong Kong SAR China with 93.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Ling in percentages: Globally: 18.6% males, 81.4% females, Malaysia: 29.9% males, 70.1% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 6.7% males, 93.3% females, China: 16.0% males, 84.0% females, United States: 19.7% males, 80.3% females, Singapore: 24.5% males, 75.5% females, Taiwan: 8.3% males, 91.7% females, Canada: 13.5% males, 86.5% females, St. Lucia: 9.1% males, 90.9% females, United Kingdom: 15.3% males, 84.7% females, Australia: 35.3% males, 64.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Ling are 18-24 years old, making up 33.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Ling in each age group: 18-24: 33.1%, 25-34: 16.4%, 35-44: 19.0%, 45-54: 13.9%, 55-64: 10.1%, 65+: 7.5%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Ling is Hong Kong SAR China with 0.1909% of the population. Following is China and Taiwan.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Ling year over year: 1956: 0.001‰, 1957: 0.0012‰, 1958: 0.0019‰, 1959: 0.0006‰, 1960: 0.0007‰, 1961: 0.0012‰, 1962: 0.001‰, 1963: 0.0019‰, 1964: 0.0014‰, 1965: 0.0012‰, 1966: 0.0015‰, 1967: 0.0017‰, 1968: 0.0019‰, 1969: 0.0019‰, 1970: 0.0021‰, 1971: 0.0018‰, 1972: 0.0018‰, 1973: 0.0018‰, 1974: 0.0015‰, 1975: 0.0019‰, 1976: 0.0024‰, 1977: 0.0021‰, 1978: 0.0024‰, 1979: 0.0026‰, 1980: 0.002‰, 1981: 0.0026‰, 1982: 0.0028‰, 1983: 0.0031‰, 1984: 0.0024‰, 1985: 0.0027‰, 1986: 0.0029‰, 1987: 0.0037‰, 1988: 0.0035‰, 1989: 0.0025‰, 1990: 0.0026‰, 1991: 0.0037‰, 1992: 0.0021‰, 1993: 0.0019‰, 1994: 0.0011‰, 1995: 0.0018‰, 1996: 0.0019‰, 1997: 0.0027‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.0027‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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