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Is Rufus a Male or Female Name?

Rufus is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Rufus globally is 98.1% males and 1.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United States with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 6.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Rufus in percentages: Globally: 98.1% males, 1.9% females, United States: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Nigeria: 94.0% males, 6.0% females, United Kingdom: 98.3% males, 1.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Rufus are 65+ years old, making up 30.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Rufus in each age group: 18-24: 8.2%, 25-34: 7.5%, 35-44: 11.7%, 45-54: 17.9%, 55-64: 24.4%, 65+: 30.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Rufus is Nigeria with 0.0129% of the population. Following is United States and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Rufus year over year: 1956: 0.0015‰, 1957: 0.0016‰, 1958: 0.0027‰, 1959: 0.0013‰, 1960: 0.0017‰, 1961: 0.0012‰, 1962: 0.0019‰, 1963: 0.0014‰, 1964: 0.0019‰, 1965: 0.0014‰, 1966: 0.0015‰, 1967: 0.001‰, 1968: 0.0014‰, 1969: 0.0016‰, 1970: 0.001‰, 1971: 0.0009‰, 1972: 0.0014‰, 1973: 0.0011‰, 1974: 0.0009‰, 1975: 0.0008‰, 1976: 0.0011‰, 1977: 0.0016‰, 1978: 0.0009‰, 1979: 0.001‰, 1980: 0.0009‰, 1981: 0.0009‰, 1982: 0.001‰, 1983: 0.0008‰, 1984: 0.0007‰, 1985: 0.0004‰, 1986: 0.0006‰, 1987: 0.0006‰, 1988: 0.0007‰, 1989: 0.0006‰, 1990: 0.0005‰, 1991: 0.0004‰, 1992: 0.0005‰, 1993: 0.0004‰, 1994: 0.0005‰, 1995: 0.0003‰, 1996: 0.0003‰, 1997: 0.0003‰, 1998: 0.0006‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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