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Is Sylvester a Male or Female Name?

Sylvester is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Sylvester globally is 98.8% males and 1.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is India with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 3.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Sylvester in percentages: Globally: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, United States: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Nigeria: 97.0% males, 3.0% females, South Africa: 97.8% males, 2.2% females, Ghana: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Malaysia: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, United Kingdom: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Kenya: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, India: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Netherlands: 98.9% males, 1.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Sylvester are 65+ years old, making up 22.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Sylvester in each age group: 18-24: 4.8%, 25-34: 15.8%, 35-44: 20.8%, 45-54: 19.6%, 55-64: 16.7%, 65+: 22.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Sylvester is Ghana with 0.0675% of the population. Following is Kenya and Nigeria.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Sylvester year over year: 1956: 0.0025‰, 1957: 0.0019‰, 1958: 0.0019‰, 1959: 0.0028‰, 1960: 0.0027‰, 1961: 0.0004‰, 1962: 0.0012‰, 1963: 0.002‰, 1964: 0.0021‰, 1965: 0.0027‰, 1966: 0.0014‰, 1967: 0.0016‰, 1968: 0.0016‰, 1969: 0.0014‰, 1970: 0.0023‰, 1971: 0.0011‰, 1972: 0.002‰, 1973: 0.0015‰, 1974: 0.002‰, 1975: 0.0023‰, 1976: 0.0024‰, 1977: 0.0022‰, 1978: 0.0017‰, 1979: 0.0025‰, 1980: 0.0022‰, 1981: 0.002‰, 1982: 0.0023‰, 1983: 0.0021‰, 1984: 0.0021‰, 1985: 0.0026‰, 1986: 0.0025‰, 1987: 0.002‰, 1988: 0.002‰, 1989: 0.0018‰, 1990: 0.002‰, 1991: 0.0016‰, 1992: 0.0018‰, 1993: 0.0017‰, 1994: 0.0015‰, 1995: 0.0009‰, 1996: 0.0007‰, 1997: 0.0011‰, 1998: 0.0016‰, 1999: 0.001‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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