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Is Mum a Male or Female Name?

Mum is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Mum globally is 16.3% males and 83.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 66.7% and the country with the highest female ratio is Egypt with 93.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Mum in percentages: Globally: 16.3% males, 83.7% females, United Kingdom: 18.0% males, 82.0% females, Australia: 66.7% males, 33.3% females, Egypt: 6.5% males, 93.5% females, United States: 13.3% males, 86.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Mum are 65+ years old, making up 31.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Mum in each age group: 25-34: 8.1%, 35-44: 13.3%, 45-54: 18.0%, 55-64: 28.9%, 65+: 31.7%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Mum is Australia with 0.0318% of the population. Following is United Kingdom and Egypt.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Mum year over year: 1956: 0.0004‰, 1957: 0.0005‰, 1958: 0.0006‰, 1959: 0.0012‰, 1960: 0.0003‰, 1961: 0.0006‰, 1962: 0.0001‰, 1963: 0.0007‰, 1964: 0.0007‰, 1965: 0.0004‰, 1966: 0.0005‰, 1967: 0.0003‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0005‰, 1970: 0.0004‰, 1971: 0.0004‰, 1972: 0.0002‰, 1973: 0.0002‰, 1974: 0.0002‰, 1975: 0.0003‰, 1976: 0.0004‰, 1977: 0.0002‰, 1978: 0.0002‰, 1979: 0.0004‰, 1980: 0.0003‰, 1981: 0.0004‰, 1982: 0.0002‰, 1983: 0.0003‰, 1984: 0.0002‰, 1985: 0.0003‰, 1986: 0.0001‰, 1987: 0.0002‰, 1988: 0.0001‰, 1989: 0.0001‰, 1990: 0.0001‰, 1991: 0.0001‰, 1992: 0.0001‰, 1993: 0.0003‰, 1994: 0.0002‰, 1995: 0.0002‰

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