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Is Shaun a Male or Female Name?

Shaun is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shaun globally is 98.2% males and 1.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is New Zealand with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 4.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shaun in percentages: Globally: 98.2% males, 1.8% females, United Kingdom: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United States: 95.9% males, 4.1% females, South Africa: 98.1% males, 1.9% females, Australia: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Canada: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, Ireland: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Malaysia: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, Singapore: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, St. Lucia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shaun are 55-64 years old, making up 27.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shaun in each age group: 18-24: 4.9%, 25-34: 14.8%, 35-44: 20.0%, 45-54: 23.8%, 55-64: 27.9%, 65+: 8.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shaun is United Kingdom with 0.125% of the population. Following is New Zealand and Australia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shaun year over year: 1956: 0.0067‰, 1957: 0.0059‰, 1958: 0.006‰, 1959: 0.0088‰, 1960: 0.0084‰, 1961: 0.011‰, 1962: 0.009‰, 1963: 0.0124‰, 1964: 0.0116‰, 1965: 0.0131‰, 1966: 0.0139‰, 1967: 0.0185‰, 1968: 0.0198‰, 1969: 0.017‰, 1970: 0.0116‰, 1971: 0.0156‰, 1972: 0.0122‰, 1973: 0.0098‰, 1974: 0.008‰, 1975: 0.0067‰, 1976: 0.0078‰, 1977: 0.0115‰, 1978: 0.0185‰, 1979: 0.0171‰, 1980: 0.0118‰, 1981: 0.0131‰, 1982: 0.0127‰, 1983: 0.0116‰, 1984: 0.0101‰, 1985: 0.0104‰, 1986: 0.0099‰, 1987: 0.0087‰, 1988: 0.0084‰, 1989: 0.0069‰, 1990: 0.0077‰, 1991: 0.0079‰, 1992: 0.0095‰, 1993: 0.0089‰, 1994: 0.0081‰, 1995: 0.0041‰, 1996: 0.0043‰, 1997: 0.0024‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.002‰, 2000: 0.0022‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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