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Is Nils a Male or Female Name?

Nils is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Nils globally is 99.7% males and 0.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Norway with 99.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is France with 0.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Nils in percentages: Globally: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Germany: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Sweden: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Norway: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, France: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Netherlands: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Belgium: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Denmark: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Switzerland: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United Kingdom: 99.6% males, 0.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Nils are 25-34 years old, making up 41.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Nils in each age group: 18-24: 4.9%, 25-34: 41.0%, 35-44: 16.9%, 45-54: 12.0%, 55-64: 10.4%, 65+: 14.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Nils is Norway with 0.2102% of the population. Following is Sweden and Germany.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Nils year over year: 1956: 0.0063‰, 1957: 0.0045‰, 1958: 0.0038‰, 1959: 0.0047‰, 1960: 0.0024‰, 1961: 0.005‰, 1962: 0.0038‰, 1963: 0.0042‰, 1964: 0.0037‰, 1965: 0.0058‰, 1966: 0.0031‰, 1967: 0.0042‰, 1968: 0.0053‰, 1969: 0.0041‰, 1970: 0.0041‰, 1971: 0.0052‰, 1972: 0.0045‰, 1973: 0.0045‰, 1974: 0.0045‰, 1975: 0.0044‰, 1976: 0.0048‰, 1977: 0.0051‰, 1978: 0.0049‰, 1979: 0.0059‰, 1980: 0.0051‰, 1981: 0.0067‰, 1982: 0.0083‰, 1983: 0.0068‰, 1984: 0.0061‰, 1985: 0.0067‰, 1986: 0.0059‰, 1987: 0.0064‰, 1988: 0.0076‰, 1989: 0.0085‰, 1990: 0.0094‰, 1991: 0.0115‰, 1992: 0.0152‰, 1993: 0.0207‰, 1994: 0.0277‰, 1995: 0.0368‰, 1996: 0.0326‰, 1997: 0.0242‰, 1998: 0.0069‰, 1999: 0.0043‰, 2000: 0.0022‰

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