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Is Ray a Male or Female Name?

Ray is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Ray globally is 97.8% males and 2.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Algeria with 41.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Ray in percentages: Globally: 97.8% males, 2.2% females, United States: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, United Kingdom: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, Canada: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 98.6% males, 1.4% females, Ireland: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Mexico: 97.7% males, 2.3% females, China: 98.0% males, 2.0% females, Brazil: 79.1% males, 20.9% females, Malaysia: 94.6% males, 5.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Ray are 65+ years old, making up 47.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Ray in each age group: 18-24: 2.6%, 25-34: 5.6%, 35-44: 9.7%, 45-54: 13.5%, 55-64: 20.9%, 65+: 47.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Ray is Malta with 0.2291% of the population. Following is Hong Kong SAR China and Ireland.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Ray year over year: 1956: 0.0526‰, 1957: 0.057‰, 1958: 0.053‰, 1959: 0.0431‰, 1960: 0.0436‰, 1961: 0.0389‰, 1962: 0.0377‰, 1963: 0.039‰, 1964: 0.0334‰, 1965: 0.0288‰, 1966: 0.0322‰, 1967: 0.026‰, 1968: 0.0259‰, 1969: 0.0268‰, 1970: 0.0255‰, 1971: 0.0258‰, 1972: 0.0237‰, 1973: 0.0221‰, 1974: 0.0203‰, 1975: 0.0201‰, 1976: 0.0209‰, 1977: 0.0175‰, 1978: 0.0176‰, 1979: 0.0184‰, 1980: 0.018‰, 1981: 0.0174‰, 1982: 0.0167‰, 1983: 0.0161‰, 1984: 0.0163‰, 1985: 0.0149‰, 1986: 0.0141‰, 1987: 0.0129‰, 1988: 0.0128‰, 1989: 0.0113‰, 1990: 0.0104‰, 1991: 0.0086‰, 1992: 0.0101‰, 1993: 0.0087‰, 1994: 0.0077‰, 1995: 0.0048‰, 1996: 0.0044‰, 1997: 0.0047‰, 1998: 0.0069‰, 1999: 0.0053‰, 2000: 0.0043‰

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