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Is Shams a Male or Female Name?

Shams is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shams globally is 52.3% males and 47.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Pakistan with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Syria with 83.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shams in percentages: Globally: 52.3% males, 47.7% females, Egypt: 28.7% males, 71.3% females, Saudi Arabia: 83.2% males, 16.8% females, India: 91.4% males, 8.6% females, Pakistan: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Bangladesh: 92.3% males, 7.7% females, United States: 60.3% males, 39.7% females, Syria: 16.9% males, 83.1% females, Oman: 69.4% males, 30.6% females, Afghanistan: 97.6% males, 2.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shams are 18-24 years old, making up 68.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shams in each age group: 18-24: 68.2%, 25-34: 9.4%, 35-44: 8.2%, 45-54: 6.5%, 55-64: 4.6%, 65+: 3.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shams is Afghanistan with 0.077% of the population. Following is Pakistan and Egypt.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shams year over year: 1956: 0.0002‰, 1957: 0.0005‰, 1958: 0.0008‰, 1959: 0.0007‰, 1960: 0.0004‰, 1961: 0.0005‰, 1962: 0.0012‰, 1963: 0.0004‰, 1964: 0.0008‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.001‰, 1967: 0.0009‰, 1968: 0.0013‰, 1969: 0.0009‰, 1970: 0.0014‰, 1971: 0.001‰, 1972: 0.0011‰, 1973: 0.001‰, 1974: 0.0012‰, 1975: 0.0013‰, 1976: 0.001‰, 1977: 0.0011‰, 1978: 0.0014‰, 1979: 0.0015‰, 1980: 0.0017‰, 1981: 0.0015‰, 1982: 0.0015‰, 1983: 0.0015‰, 1984: 0.0017‰, 1985: 0.0018‰, 1986: 0.0016‰, 1987: 0.0016‰, 1988: 0.0013‰, 1989: 0.0012‰, 1990: 0.0012‰, 1991: 0.0011‰, 1992: 0.0016‰, 1993: 0.0017‰, 1994: 0.0021‰, 1995: 0.0026‰, 1996: 0.002‰, 1997: 0.0032‰, 1998: 0.0059‰, 1999: 0.0093‰, 2000: 0.0118‰, 2001: 0.0242‰

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