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Is M a Male or Female Name?

M is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named M globally is 58.6% males and 41.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Pakistan with 98.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is Spain with 93.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named M in percentages: Globally: 58.6% males, 41.4% females, Spain: 6.9% males, 93.1% females, United States: 53.7% males, 46.3% females, Indonesia: 89.7% males, 10.3% females, India: 84.5% males, 15.5% females, Pakistan: 98.5% males, 1.5% females, Saudi Arabia: 92.5% males, 7.5% females, Türkiye: 91.3% males, 8.7% females, Bangladesh: 90.3% males, 9.7% females, Egypt: 82.3% males, 17.7% females, Malaysia: 92.4% males, 7.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named M are 65+ years old, making up 26.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named M in each age group: 18-24: 5.9%, 25-34: 9.8%, 35-44: 13.0%, 45-54: 18.3%, 55-64: 26.4%, 65+: 26.6%

The country with the largest proportion of people named M is Pakistan with 0.4262% of the population. Following is Indonesia and Bangladesh.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named M year over year: 1956: 0.0722‰, 1957: 0.074‰, 1958: 0.0756‰, 1959: 0.0757‰, 1960: 0.0687‰, 1961: 0.0734‰, 1962: 0.0668‰, 1963: 0.0635‰, 1964: 0.0628‰, 1965: 0.063‰, 1966: 0.0587‰, 1967: 0.0617‰, 1968: 0.0548‰, 1969: 0.0573‰, 1970: 0.0489‰, 1971: 0.0508‰, 1972: 0.0446‰, 1973: 0.0475‰, 1974: 0.047‰, 1975: 0.0408‰, 1976: 0.041‰, 1977: 0.0417‰, 1978: 0.0389‰, 1979: 0.0367‰, 1980: 0.0339‰, 1981: 0.0339‰, 1982: 0.0324‰, 1983: 0.0337‰, 1984: 0.0313‰, 1985: 0.031‰, 1986: 0.029‰, 1987: 0.0293‰, 1988: 0.0258‰, 1989: 0.0271‰, 1990: 0.0284‰, 1991: 0.0281‰, 1992: 0.0258‰, 1993: 0.0221‰, 1994: 0.0149‰, 1995: 0.0103‰, 1996: 0.0083‰, 1997: 0.0097‰, 1998: 0.0192‰, 1999: 0.0103‰, 2000: 0.0129‰, 2001: 0.0242‰

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