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Is Malcolm a Male or Female Name?

Malcolm is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Malcolm globally is 99.8% males and 0.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is France with 1.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Malcolm in percentages: Globally: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United Kingdom: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Canada: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, South Africa: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, New Zealand: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, France: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, India: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Malcolm are 65+ years old, making up 57.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 35-44.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Malcolm in each age group: 18-24: 5.3%, 25-34: 5.1%, 35-44: 5.0%, 45-54: 8.8%, 55-64: 18.4%, 65+: 57.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Malcolm is New Zealand with 0.1027% of the population. Following is United Kingdom and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Malcolm year over year: 1956: 0.0163‰, 1957: 0.016‰, 1958: 0.0143‰, 1959: 0.0143‰, 1960: 0.0124‰, 1961: 0.0098‰, 1962: 0.007‰, 1963: 0.0083‰, 1964: 0.0067‰, 1965: 0.0072‰, 1966: 0.0054‰, 1967: 0.0056‰, 1968: 0.0056‰, 1969: 0.004‰, 1970: 0.0045‰, 1971: 0.004‰, 1972: 0.0044‰, 1973: 0.0032‰, 1974: 0.0033‰, 1975: 0.0027‰, 1976: 0.004‰, 1977: 0.0027‰, 1978: 0.0029‰, 1979: 0.002‰, 1980: 0.0017‰, 1981: 0.0021‰, 1982: 0.0021‰, 1983: 0.0022‰, 1984: 0.0022‰, 1985: 0.0019‰, 1986: 0.0018‰, 1987: 0.0018‰, 1988: 0.0015‰, 1989: 0.0016‰, 1990: 0.0015‰, 1991: 0.0019‰, 1992: 0.0018‰, 1993: 0.0025‰, 1994: 0.0024‰, 1995: 0.0028‰, 1996: 0.0015‰, 1997: 0.0015‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.0007‰, 2000: 0.0022‰

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