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Is Margaret a Male or Female Name?

Margaret is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Margaret globally is 0.2% males and 99.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Ghana with 1.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is New Zealand with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Margaret in percentages: Globally: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Australia: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Ireland: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, South Africa: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Nigeria: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, Kenya: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Italy: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Spain: 0.5% males, 99.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Margaret are 65+ years old, making up 61.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Margaret in each age group: 18-24: 1.9%, 25-34: 5.3%, 35-44: 11.6%, 45-54: 4.8%, 55-64: 15.5%, 65+: 61.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Margaret is Ireland with 0.3912% of the population. Following is Kenya and New Zealand.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Margaret year over year: 1956: 0.0691‰, 1957: 0.0661‰, 1958: 0.0539‰, 1959: 0.0491‰, 1960: 0.0399‰, 1961: 0.0394‰, 1962: 0.0382‰, 1963: 0.0314‰, 1964: 0.0298‰, 1965: 0.0235‰, 1966: 0.0184‰, 1967: 0.0166‰, 1968: 0.0157‰, 1969: 0.0135‰, 1970: 0.0106‰, 1971: 0.0098‰, 1972: 0.0096‰, 1973: 0.0072‰, 1974: 0.0074‰, 1975: 0.007‰, 1976: 0.0069‰, 1977: 0.0067‰, 1978: 0.0059‰, 1979: 0.0069‰, 1980: 0.0084‰, 1981: 0.0085‰, 1982: 0.0089‰, 1983: 0.009‰, 1984: 0.0091‰, 1985: 0.0274‰, 1986: 0.0271‰, 1987: 0.0252‰, 1988: 0.0262‰, 1989: 0.0262‰, 1990: 0.0203‰, 1991: 0.0044‰, 1992: 0.0041‰, 1993: 0.0037‰, 1994: 0.0044‰, 1995: 0.0035‰, 1996: 0.0032‰, 1997: 0.0029‰, 1998: 0.0038‰, 1999: 0.0027‰, 2000: 0.0032‰

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