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Is Merlin a Male or Female Name?

Merlin is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Merlin globally is 68.0% males and 32.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Cameroon with 96.7% and the country with the highest female ratio is India with 57.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Merlin in percentages: Globally: 68.0% males, 32.0% females, United States: 59.3% males, 40.7% females, Cameroon: 96.7% males, 3.3% females, India: 42.9% males, 57.1% females, France: 89.5% males, 10.5% females, Germany: 93.8% males, 6.2% females, United Kingdom: 81.5% males, 18.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Merlin are 55-64 years old, making up 23.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Merlin in each age group: 18-24: 3.7%, 25-34: 16.9%, 35-44: 15.8%, 45-54: 20.2%, 55-64: 23.4%, 65+: 20.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Merlin is Cameroon with 0.0567% of the population. Following is Germany and India.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Merlin year over year: 1956: 0.0035‰, 1957: 0.0024‰, 1958: 0.002‰, 1959: 0.0031‰, 1960: 0.0027‰, 1961: 0.0025‰, 1962: 0.002‰, 1963: 0.0037‰, 1964: 0.0035‰, 1965: 0.0032‰, 1966: 0.0035‰, 1967: 0.0031‰, 1968: 0.0036‰, 1969: 0.0029‰, 1970: 0.0033‰, 1971: 0.003‰, 1972: 0.0031‰, 1973: 0.003‰, 1974: 0.0026‰, 1975: 0.0029‰, 1976: 0.0031‰, 1977: 0.0024‰, 1978: 0.0018‰, 1979: 0.0024‰, 1980: 0.0025‰, 1981: 0.0021‰, 1982: 0.0021‰, 1983: 0.0025‰, 1984: 0.0022‰, 1985: 0.0023‰, 1986: 0.002‰, 1987: 0.0021‰, 1988: 0.0019‰, 1989: 0.0016‰, 1990: 0.0018‰, 1991: 0.0015‰, 1992: 0.0024‰, 1993: 0.0029‰, 1994: 0.0026‰, 1995: 0.0049‰, 1996: 0.0038‰, 1997: 0.0015‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.0013‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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