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Is Matthew a Male or Female Name?

Matthew is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Matthew 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 Nigeria with 4.2%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Matthew in percentages: Globally: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United Kingdom: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Canada: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Nigeria: 95.8% males, 4.2% females, South Africa: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Ireland: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, France: 99.0% males, 1.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Matthew are 35-44 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 Matthew in each age group: 18-24: 7.2%, 25-34: 14.9%, 35-44: 26.6%, 45-54: 26.5%, 55-64: 14.4%, 65+: 10.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Matthew is Malta with 0.5355% of the population. Following is Australia and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Matthew year over year: 1956: 0.0211‰, 1957: 0.0239‰, 1958: 0.0285‰, 1959: 0.0263‰, 1960: 0.0255‰, 1961: 0.0235‰, 1962: 0.0256‰, 1963: 0.0257‰, 1964: 0.0252‰, 1965: 0.0271‰, 1966: 0.0273‰, 1967: 0.0351‰, 1968: 0.0368‰, 1969: 0.0439‰, 1970: 0.0387‰, 1971: 0.057‰, 1972: 0.051‰, 1973: 0.0584‰, 1974: 0.054‰, 1975: 0.0557‰, 1976: 0.0568‰, 1977: 0.0618‰, 1978: 0.0618‰, 1979: 0.0639‰, 1980: 0.0489‰, 1981: 0.0708‰, 1982: 0.0703‰, 1983: 0.0777‰, 1984: 0.0717‰, 1985: 0.0649‰, 1986: 0.0567‰, 1987: 0.052‰, 1988: 0.0374‰, 1989: 0.0315‰, 1990: 0.0284‰, 1991: 0.0329‰, 1992: 0.036‰, 1993: 0.0375‰, 1994: 0.0341‰, 1995: 0.0304‰, 1996: 0.0267‰, 1997: 0.0247‰, 1998: 0.0253‰, 1999: 0.0242‰, 2000: 0.0161‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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