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Is Sharon a Male or Female Name?

Sharon is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sharon globally is 0.8% males and 99.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Israel with 17.1% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sharon in percentages: Globally: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Canada: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, South Africa: 1.1% males, 98.9% females, Italy: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Israel: 17.1% males, 82.9% females, Netherlands: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, Ireland: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Malaysia: 1.0% males, 99.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sharon are 65+ years old, making up 40.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 45-54.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sharon in each age group: 18-24: 10.7%, 25-34: 9.4%, 35-44: 9.8%, 45-54: 9.3%, 55-64: 20.3%, 65+: 40.5%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sharon is Trinidad & Tobago with 0.3374% of the population. Following is Ireland and Jamaica.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sharon year over year: 1956: 0.1056‰, 1957: 0.1026‰, 1958: 0.0942‰, 1959: 0.0922‰, 1960: 0.0747‰, 1961: 0.0851‰, 1962: 0.0855‰, 1963: 0.0783‰, 1964: 0.0606‰, 1965: 0.0584‰, 1966: 0.0527‰, 1967: 0.0512‰, 1968: 0.0503‰, 1969: 0.0615‰, 1970: 0.0514‰, 1971: 0.0532‰, 1972: 0.0376‰, 1973: 0.0323‰, 1974: 0.0268‰, 1975: 0.0238‰, 1976: 0.0231‰, 1977: 0.019‰, 1978: 0.0206‰, 1979: 0.0218‰, 1980: 0.0193‰, 1981: 0.0206‰, 1982: 0.0184‰, 1983: 0.0185‰, 1984: 0.019‰, 1985: 0.0395‰, 1986: 0.0381‰, 1987: 0.0396‰, 1988: 0.0402‰, 1989: 0.0436‰, 1990: 0.0429‰, 1991: 0.0258‰, 1992: 0.0228‰, 1993: 0.022‰, 1994: 0.0239‰, 1995: 0.027‰, 1996: 0.0243‰, 1997: 0.025‰, 1998: 0.0233‰, 1999: 0.0292‰, 2000: 0.0323‰, 2001: 0.0484‰

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