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Is Penelope a Male or Female Name?

Penelope is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Penelope globally is 1.3% males and 98.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Spain with 2.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 99.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Penelope in percentages: Globally: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, United States: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United Kingdom: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Italy: 2.2% males, 97.8% females, South Africa: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Spain: 2.3% males, 97.7% females, Australia: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, France: 1.7% males, 98.3% females, Mexico: 1.5% males, 98.5% females, Canada: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Greece: 0.7% males, 99.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Penelope are 55-64 years old, making up 26.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Penelope in each age group: 25-34: 8.0%, 35-44: 15.7%, 45-54: 24.4%, 55-64: 26.1%, 65+: 25.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Penelope is Greece with 0.0251% of the population. Following is Australia and South Africa.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Penelope year over year: 1956: 0.0033‰, 1957: 0.004‰, 1958: 0.0038‰, 1959: 0.0061‰, 1960: 0.0068‰, 1961: 0.005‰, 1962: 0.0045‰, 1963: 0.0036‰, 1964: 0.0051‰, 1965: 0.0049‰, 1966: 0.0049‰, 1967: 0.0039‰, 1968: 0.0056‰, 1969: 0.0057‰, 1970: 0.0058‰, 1971: 0.0054‰, 1972: 0.0048‰, 1973: 0.0045‰, 1974: 0.0054‰, 1975: 0.0056‰, 1976: 0.0044‰, 1977: 0.0047‰, 1978: 0.0038‰, 1979: 0.0035‰, 1980: 0.0041‰, 1981: 0.0032‰, 1982: 0.0034‰, 1983: 0.0035‰, 1984: 0.0035‰, 1985: 0.0028‰, 1986: 0.0027‰, 1987: 0.0024‰, 1988: 0.003‰, 1989: 0.0021‰, 1990: 0.0022‰, 1991: 0.0015‰, 1992: 0.0018‰, 1993: 0.0011‰, 1994: 0.0008‰, 1995: 0.0008‰, 1996: 0.001‰, 1997: 0.0008‰, 1998: 0.0006‰, 1999: 0.0003‰

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