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Is Obi a Male or Female Name?

Obi is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Obi globally is 83.5% males and 16.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United Kingdom with 97.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 23.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Obi in percentages: Globally: 83.5% males, 16.5% females, Nigeria: 76.5% males, 23.5% females, United States: 96.6% males, 3.4% females, United Kingdom: 97.9% males, 2.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Obi are 45-54 years old, making up 25.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Obi in each age group: 18-24: 8.5%, 25-34: 14.9%, 35-44: 23.2%, 45-54: 25.7%, 55-64: 19.6%, 65+: 8.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Obi is Nigeria with 0.0534% of the population. Following is United Kingdom and United States.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Obi year over year: 1957: 0.0002‰, 1958: 0.0006‰, 1959: 0.0003‰, 1960: 0.0013‰, 1961: 0.0005‰, 1962: 0.0006‰, 1963: 0.0015‰, 1964: 0.0012‰, 1965: 0.0011‰, 1966: 0.0013‰, 1967: 0.0008‰, 1968: 0.0011‰, 1969: 0.0016‰, 1970: 0.0011‰, 1971: 0.0009‰, 1972: 0.0014‰, 1973: 0.0012‰, 1974: 0.0013‰, 1975: 0.0015‰, 1976: 0.0018‰, 1977: 0.0018‰, 1978: 0.0017‰, 1979: 0.0016‰, 1980: 0.0017‰, 1981: 0.0011‰, 1982: 0.0017‰, 1983: 0.0016‰, 1984: 0.0016‰, 1985: 0.0016‰, 1986: 0.0011‰, 1987: 0.0011‰, 1988: 0.0011‰, 1989: 0.001‰, 1990: 0.0011‰, 1991: 0.0008‰, 1992: 0.001‰, 1993: 0.001‰, 1994: 0.0009‰, 1995: 0.0002‰, 1996: 0.0004‰, 1997: 0.0003‰, 1998: 0.0002‰, 1999: 0.001‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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