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Is Sam a Male or Female Name?

Sam is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sam globally is 90.2% males and 9.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Mexico with 35.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sam in percentages: Globally: 90.2% males, 9.8% females, United States: 96.0% males, 4.0% females, United Kingdom: 87.3% males, 12.7% females, France: 76.7% males, 23.3% females, Canada: 94.5% males, 5.5% females, Australia: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, India: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, Malaysia: 90.5% males, 9.5% females, Algeria: 66.1% males, 33.9% females, Saudi Arabia: 76.7% males, 23.3% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 94.4% males, 5.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sam are 45-54 years old, making up 25.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sam in each age group: 18-24: 6.0%, 25-34: 17.6%, 35-44: 22.7%, 45-54: 25.4%, 55-64: 15.6%, 65+: 12.7%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sam is Cambodia with 0.4779% of the population. Following is United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sam year over year: 1956: 0.0488‰, 1957: 0.042‰, 1958: 0.0506‰, 1959: 0.0465‰, 1960: 0.0595‰, 1961: 0.0502‰, 1962: 0.0557‰, 1963: 0.0533‰, 1964: 0.0617‰, 1965: 0.0708‰, 1966: 0.0713‰, 1967: 0.0684‰, 1968: 0.0711‰, 1969: 0.0786‰, 1970: 0.1026‰, 1971: 0.0891‰, 1972: 0.0924‰, 1973: 0.0977‰, 1974: 0.1043‰, 1975: 0.1171‰, 1976: 0.1112‰, 1977: 0.1146‰, 1978: 0.1155‰, 1979: 0.1113‰, 1980: 0.1237‰, 1981: 0.1048‰, 1982: 0.1039‰, 1983: 0.0987‰, 1984: 0.1‰, 1985: 0.0991‰, 1986: 0.0923‰, 1987: 0.0884‰, 1988: 0.0833‰, 1989: 0.0725‰, 1990: 0.076‰, 1991: 0.0747‰, 1992: 0.0876‰, 1993: 0.0851‰, 1994: 0.0814‰, 1995: 0.0495‰, 1996: 0.0446‰, 1997: 0.0464‰, 1998: 0.0439‰, 1999: 0.0484‰, 2000: 0.0258‰, 2001: 0.0182‰

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