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Is Shen a Male or Female Name?

Shen is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shen globally is 88.5% males and 11.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is China with 95.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is Malaysia with 15.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shen in percentages: Globally: 88.5% males, 11.5% females, China: 95.4% males, 4.6% females, United States: 93.8% males, 6.2% females, Malaysia: 84.3% males, 15.7% females, Taiwan: 90.4% males, 9.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shen are 35-44 years old, making up 34.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shen in each age group: 25-34: 19.4%, 35-44: 34.6%, 45-54: 20.3%, 55-64: 13.8%, 65+: 11.9%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shen is China with 0.081% of the population. Following is Taiwan and Malaysia.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shen year over year: 1957: 0.0002‰, 1958: 0.0005‰, 1959: 0.0009‰, 1960: 0.0003‰, 1961: 0.0001‰, 1962: 0.0003‰, 1963: 0.0005‰, 1964: 0.0009‰, 1965: 0.0003‰, 1966: 0.0002‰, 1967: 0.0004‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0004‰, 1970: 0.0006‰, 1971: 0.0005‰, 1972: 0.0006‰, 1973: 0.0005‰, 1974: 0.0005‰, 1975: 0.0007‰, 1976: 0.0006‰, 1977: 0.0003‰, 1978: 0.0006‰, 1979: 0.001‰, 1980: 0.0006‰, 1981: 0.001‰, 1982: 0.001‰, 1983: 0.0014‰, 1984: 0.0009‰, 1985: 0.0011‰, 1986: 0.0011‰, 1987: 0.0011‰, 1988: 0.001‰, 1989: 0.0009‰, 1990: 0.0006‰, 1991: 0.0007‰, 1992: 0.0004‰, 1993: 0.0006‰, 1994: 0.0006‰, 1995: 0.0002‰, 1996: 0.0004‰, 1997: 0.0008‰, 1998: 0.0008‰

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