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Is Sun a Male or Female Name?

Sun is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sun globally is 48.6% males and 51.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is India with 86.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is Egypt with 74.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sun in percentages: Globally: 48.6% males, 51.4% females, China: 54.1% males, 45.9% females, United States: 44.0% males, 56.0% females, Egypt: 25.1% males, 74.9% females, South Korea: 42.9% males, 57.1% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 76.3% males, 23.7% females, Malaysia: 61.0% males, 39.0% females, India: 86.5% males, 13.5% females, France: 55.4% males, 44.6% females, Saudi Arabia: 57.6% males, 42.4% females, Singapore: 57.3% males, 42.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sun are 35-44 years old, making up 26.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sun in each age group: 18-24: 7.5%, 25-34: 13.7%, 35-44: 26.9%, 45-54: 26.3%, 55-64: 16.6%, 65+: 9.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sun is South Korea with 0.2317% of the population. Following is China and Hong Kong SAR China.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sun year over year: 1956: 0.0027‰, 1957: 0.003‰, 1958: 0.0031‰, 1959: 0.0029‰, 1960: 0.0033‰, 1961: 0.0032‰, 1962: 0.0037‰, 1963: 0.0036‰, 1964: 0.0037‰, 1965: 0.0048‰, 1966: 0.0042‰, 1967: 0.0049‰, 1968: 0.0058‰, 1969: 0.0048‰, 1970: 0.0062‰, 1971: 0.006‰, 1972: 0.0051‰, 1973: 0.008‰, 1974: 0.0062‰, 1975: 0.008‰, 1976: 0.0071‰, 1977: 0.0073‰, 1978: 0.0069‰, 1979: 0.0074‰, 1980: 0.0079‰, 1981: 0.0083‰, 1982: 0.008‰, 1983: 0.0078‰, 1984: 0.0077‰, 1985: 0.0076‰, 1986: 0.0069‰, 1987: 0.0066‰, 1988: 0.0055‰, 1989: 0.0053‰, 1990: 0.0047‰, 1991: 0.0038‰, 1992: 0.0034‰, 1993: 0.0036‰, 1994: 0.003‰, 1995: 0.0025‰, 1996: 0.0027‰, 1997: 0.0009‰, 1998: 0.0014‰, 1999: 0.0027‰, 2000: 0.0022‰

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