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Is Yi a Male or Female Name?

Yi is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Yi globally is 42.9% males and 57.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 82.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is Hong Kong SAR China with 78.2%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Yi in percentages: Globally: 42.9% males, 57.1% females, China: 60.4% males, 39.6% females, United States: 53.4% males, 46.6% females, Malaysia: 33.7% males, 66.3% females, Taiwan: 37.7% males, 62.3% females, St. Lucia: 82.4% males, 17.6% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 21.8% males, 78.2% females, Canada: 51.3% males, 48.7% females, Singapore: 41.8% males, 58.2% females, United Kingdom: 40.6% males, 59.4% females, Australia: 78.6% males, 21.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Yi are 18-24 years old, making up 49.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Yi in each age group: 18-24: 49.1%, 25-34: 15.9%, 35-44: 17.4%, 45-54: 8.9%, 55-64: 5.6%, 65+: 3.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Yi is Taiwan with 0.1728% of the population. Following is St. Lucia and China.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Yi year over year: 1956: 0.0008‰, 1957: 0.0016‰, 1958: 0.0002‰, 1959: 0.0003‰, 1960: 0.0002‰, 1961: 0.0005‰, 1962: 0.0006‰, 1963: 0.001‰, 1964: 0.0014‰, 1965: 0.0005‰, 1966: 0.0013‰, 1967: 0.0008‰, 1968: 0.0011‰, 1969: 0.0008‰, 1970: 0.0007‰, 1971: 0.0012‰, 1972: 0.0009‰, 1973: 0.0013‰, 1974: 0.0012‰, 1975: 0.0014‰, 1976: 0.0012‰, 1977: 0.0018‰, 1978: 0.0017‰, 1979: 0.0017‰, 1980: 0.0016‰, 1981: 0.0022‰, 1982: 0.0022‰, 1983: 0.0025‰, 1984: 0.0022‰, 1985: 0.0021‰, 1986: 0.0029‰, 1987: 0.0035‰, 1988: 0.0039‰, 1989: 0.0028‰, 1990: 0.0031‰, 1991: 0.0023‰, 1992: 0.002‰, 1993: 0.0018‰, 1994: 0.0016‰, 1995: 0.0025‰, 1996: 0.002‰, 1997: 0.0028‰, 1998: 0.004‰, 1999: 0.0033‰, 2000: 0.007‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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