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Is Marilyn a Male or Female Name?

Marilyn is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Marilyn globally is 0.3% males and 99.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Italy with 3.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Marilyn in percentages: Globally: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.5% males, 99.5% females, Philippines: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, France: 1.2% males, 98.8% females, Peru: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Colombia: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, South Africa: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, Italy: 3.9% males, 96.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Marilyn are 65+ years old, making up 66.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Marilyn in each age group: 18-24: 5.8%, 25-34: 4.2%, 35-44: 5.8%, 45-54: 6.6%, 55-64: 11.5%, 65+: 66.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Marilyn is Puerto Rico with 0.141% of the population. Following is Philippines and Costa Rica.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Marilyn year over year: 1956: 0.0415‰, 1957: 0.0344‰, 1958: 0.0237‰, 1959: 0.0222‰, 1960: 0.0156‰, 1961: 0.0188‰, 1962: 0.0134‰, 1963: 0.0165‰, 1964: 0.0127‰, 1965: 0.0104‰, 1966: 0.0101‰, 1967: 0.0089‰, 1968: 0.0081‰, 1969: 0.0094‰, 1970: 0.007‰, 1971: 0.0085‰, 1972: 0.0082‰, 1973: 0.0071‰, 1974: 0.0066‰, 1975: 0.0062‰, 1976: 0.0066‰, 1977: 0.0067‰, 1978: 0.0052‰, 1979: 0.0064‰, 1980: 0.0053‰, 1981: 0.0068‰, 1982: 0.0062‰, 1983: 0.0071‰, 1984: 0.0056‰, 1985: 0.0066‰, 1986: 0.0049‰, 1987: 0.0058‰, 1988: 0.0052‰, 1989: 0.0062‰, 1990: 0.0044‰, 1991: 0.0045‰, 1992: 0.0047‰, 1993: 0.0038‰, 1994: 0.0034‰, 1995: 0.0037‰, 1996: 0.003‰, 1997: 0.0047‰, 1998: 0.0049‰, 1999: 0.0056‰, 2000: 0.0065‰

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