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Is Stephen a Male or Female Name?

Stephen is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Stephen globally is 99.7% males and 0.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Canada with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Saudi Arabia with 4.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Stephen in percentages: Globally: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Canada: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Nigeria: 96.6% males, 3.4% females, Ireland: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Ghana: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, South Africa: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Kenya: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 99.8% males, 0.2% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Stephen are 65+ years old, making up 41.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Stephen in each age group: 18-24: 3.0%, 25-34: 6.5%, 35-44: 10.0%, 45-54: 14.1%, 55-64: 25.3%, 65+: 41.0%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Stephen is Ireland with 0.6162% of the population. Following is Kenya and Ghana.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Stephen year over year: 1956: 0.1248‰, 1957: 0.1352‰, 1958: 0.1252‰, 1959: 0.1088‰, 1960: 0.0971‰, 1961: 0.1029‰, 1962: 0.0895‰, 1963: 0.0866‰, 1964: 0.0811‰, 1965: 0.0735‰, 1966: 0.0721‰, 1967: 0.0706‰, 1968: 0.0659‰, 1969: 0.0687‰, 1970: 0.0533‰, 1971: 0.0596‰, 1972: 0.0526‰, 1973: 0.0475‰, 1974: 0.0439‰, 1975: 0.0391‰, 1976: 0.0415‰, 1977: 0.0349‰, 1978: 0.0391‰, 1979: 0.039‰, 1980: 0.0301‰, 1981: 0.0346‰, 1982: 0.0337‰, 1983: 0.0387‰, 1984: 0.0376‰, 1985: 0.035‰, 1986: 0.0312‰, 1987: 0.0307‰, 1988: 0.0235‰, 1989: 0.0201‰, 1990: 0.0218‰, 1991: 0.0215‰, 1992: 0.0244‰, 1993: 0.0217‰, 1994: 0.0179‰, 1995: 0.0148‰, 1996: 0.0131‰, 1997: 0.0114‰, 1998: 0.0103‰, 1999: 0.0086‰, 2000: 0.0102‰

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