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Is María a Male or Female Name?

María is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named María globally is 1.0% males and 99.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Honduras with 5.6% and the country with the highest female ratio is Paraguay with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named María in percentages: Globally: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Spain: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Argentina: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, Mexico: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Chile: 0.9% males, 99.1% females, Colombia: 1.2% males, 98.8% females, Peru: 1.1% males, 98.9% females, United States: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Ecuador: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Uruguay: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Venezuela: 0.4% males, 99.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named María are 18-24 years old, making up 82.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 45-54.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named María in each age group: 18-24: 82.7%, 25-34: 8.0%, 35-44: 1.8%, 45-54: 1.7%, 55-64: 2.7%, 65+: 3.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named María is Argentina with 1.0012% of the population. Following is Paraguay and Ecuador.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named María year over year: 1956: 0.0027‰, 1957: 0.0014‰, 1958: 0.0027‰, 1959: 0.0018‰, 1960: 0.0014‰, 1961: 0.0019‰, 1962: 0.0014‰, 1963: 0.0019‰, 1964: 0.0017‰, 1965: 0.0015‰, 1966: 0.0017‰, 1967: 0.0019‰, 1968: 0.0014‰, 1969: 0.0014‰, 1970: 0.001‰, 1971: 0.0013‰, 1972: 0.0011‰, 1973: 0.0011‰, 1974: 0.0009‰, 1975: 0.0013‰, 1976: 0.0009‰, 1977: 0.0008‰, 1978: 0.0011‰, 1979: 0.001‰, 1980: 0.001‰, 1981: 0.0012‰, 1982: 0.0012‰, 1983: 0.0009‰, 1984: 0.001‰, 1985: 0.0011‰, 1986: 0.0009‰, 1987: 0.0012‰, 1988: 0.0011‰, 1989: 0.0012‰, 1990: 0.0012‰, 1991: 0.0016‰, 1992: 0.0027‰, 1993: 0.0038‰, 1994: 0.0049‰, 1995: 0.0101‰, 1996: 0.0154‰, 1997: 0.018‰, 1998: 0.0245‰, 1999: 0.0451‰, 2000: 0.0452‰, 2001: 0.1029‰

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