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Is Sterling a Male or Female Name?

Sterling is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sterling globally is 91.4% males and 8.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Canada with 93.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 7.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sterling in percentages: Globally: 91.4% males, 8.6% females, United States: 92.6% males, 7.4% females, Canada: 93.8% males, 6.2% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sterling are 65+ years old, making up 36.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 35-44.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sterling in each age group: 18-24: 12.7%, 25-34: 10.9%, 35-44: 9.8%, 45-54: 10.2%, 55-64: 19.6%, 65+: 36.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sterling is United States with 0.0063% of the population. Followed by Canada.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sterling year over year: 1956: 0.0013‰, 1957: 0.0009‰, 1958: 0.0013‰, 1959: 0.001‰, 1960: 0.0012‰, 1961: 0.0008‰, 1962: 0.0011‰, 1963: 0.0009‰, 1964: 0.0009‰, 1965: 0.0009‰, 1966: 0.001‰, 1967: 0.0004‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0004‰, 1970: 0.0005‰, 1971: 0.0005‰, 1972: 0.0003‰, 1973: 0.0003‰, 1974: 0.0006‰, 1975: 0.0002‰, 1976: 0.0005‰, 1977: 0.0003‰, 1978: 0.0004‰, 1979: 0.0004‰, 1980: 0.0005‰, 1981: 0.0003‰, 1982: 0.0005‰, 1983: 0.0004‰, 1984: 0.0003‰, 1985: 0.0003‰, 1986: 0.0003‰, 1987: 0.0005‰, 1988: 0.0005‰, 1989: 0.0003‰, 1990: 0.0003‰, 1991: 0.0002‰, 1992: 0.0006‰, 1993: 0.0004‰, 1994: 0.0005‰, 1995: 0.0007‰, 1996: 0.0005‰, 1997: 0.0005‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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