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Is Nicholas a Male or Female Name?

Nicholas is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Nicholas 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 3.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Nicholas 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, Italy: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, South Africa: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, Malaysia: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Kenya: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Nigeria: 96.3% males, 3.7% females, Singapore: 99.4% males, 0.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Nicholas are 35-44 years old, making up 24.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Nicholas in each age group: 18-24: 10.0%, 25-34: 18.5%, 35-44: 24.5%, 45-54: 16.2%, 55-64: 12.3%, 65+: 18.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Nicholas is Trinidad & Tobago with 0.3257% of the population. Following is Kenya and St. Lucia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Nicholas year over year: 1956: 0.0167‰, 1957: 0.0152‰, 1958: 0.0173‰, 1959: 0.0148‰, 1960: 0.0153‰, 1961: 0.0143‰, 1962: 0.0195‰, 1963: 0.0106‰, 1964: 0.0107‰, 1965: 0.0116‰, 1966: 0.0105‰, 1967: 0.0127‰, 1968: 0.0122‰, 1969: 0.0125‰, 1970: 0.0122‰, 1971: 0.0119‰, 1972: 0.0122‰, 1973: 0.0135‰, 1974: 0.0131‰, 1975: 0.011‰, 1976: 0.0128‰, 1977: 0.0137‰, 1978: 0.0259‰, 1979: 0.0321‰, 1980: 0.0246‰, 1981: 0.0304‰, 1982: 0.0295‰, 1983: 0.0299‰, 1984: 0.0297‰, 1985: 0.0288‰, 1986: 0.0259‰, 1987: 0.0237‰, 1988: 0.0194‰, 1989: 0.017‰, 1990: 0.0174‰, 1991: 0.0183‰, 1992: 0.0174‰, 1993: 0.0198‰, 1994: 0.0218‰, 1995: 0.0268‰, 1996: 0.0255‰, 1997: 0.0173‰, 1998: 0.018‰, 1999: 0.0189‰, 2000: 0.0102‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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