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Is Precious a Male or Female Name?

Precious is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Precious globally is 8.8% males and 91.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 17.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Niger with 99.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Precious in percentages: Globally: 8.8% males, 91.2% females, Nigeria: 17.9% males, 82.1% females, South Africa: 4.1% males, 95.9% females, United States: 1.1% males, 98.9% females, Philippines: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, United Kingdom: 5.7% males, 94.3% females, Ghana: 7.5% males, 92.5% females, Niger: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Zimbabwe: 1.2% males, 98.8% females, Saudi Arabia: 11.3% males, 88.7% females, Botswana: 3.1% males, 96.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Precious are 35-44 years old, making up 31.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Precious in each age group: 18-24: 24.6%, 25-34: 28.4%, 35-44: 31.5%, 45-54: 9.1%, 55-64: 3.3%, 65+: 3.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Precious is Zimbabwe with 0.2145% of the population. Following is Nigeria and Botswana.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Precious year over year: 1956: 0.0002‰, 1957: 0.0007‰, 1958: 0.0003‰, 1959: 0.0007‰, 1960: 0.0024‰, 1961: 0.0007‰, 1962: 0.0003‰, 1963: 0.0004‰, 1964: 0.0005‰, 1965: 0.001‰, 1966: 0.0008‰, 1967: 0.0009‰, 1968: 0.001‰, 1969: 0.0008‰, 1970: 0.0017‰, 1971: 0.0013‰, 1972: 0.002‰, 1973: 0.0018‰, 1974: 0.0017‰, 1975: 0.0021‰, 1976: 0.0024‰, 1977: 0.0037‰, 1978: 0.003‰, 1979: 0.0029‰, 1980: 0.0038‰, 1981: 0.0039‰, 1982: 0.0043‰, 1983: 0.0042‰, 1984: 0.0056‰, 1985: 0.0051‰, 1986: 0.0093‰, 1987: 0.02‰, 1988: 0.0131‰, 1989: 0.0092‰, 1990: 0.0085‰, 1991: 0.0073‰, 1992: 0.0087‰, 1993: 0.0075‰, 1994: 0.0091‰, 1995: 0.0031‰, 1996: 0.0021‰, 1997: 0.0025‰, 1998: 0.0051‰, 1999: 0.0066‰, 2000: 0.007‰

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