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Is Young a Male or Female Name?

Young is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Young globally is 85.8% males and 14.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 94.2% and the country with the highest female ratio is China with 30.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Young in percentages: Globally: 85.8% males, 14.2% females, United States: 84.9% males, 15.1% females, South Korea: 76.0% males, 24.0% females, Nigeria: 94.2% males, 5.8% females, China: 69.9% males, 30.1% females, United Kingdom: 87.3% males, 12.7% females, Ghana: 92.8% males, 7.2% females, South Africa: 92.5% males, 7.5% females, Canada: 84.0% males, 16.0% females, Malaysia: 76.2% males, 23.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Young are 25-34 years old, making up 23.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Young in each age group: 18-24: 18.8%, 25-34: 23.8%, 35-44: 20.5%, 45-54: 14.5%, 55-64: 11.5%, 65+: 10.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Young is South Korea with 0.6459% of the population. Following is Ghana and Nigeria.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Young year over year: 1956: 0.0035‰, 1957: 0.0037‰, 1958: 0.0049‰, 1959: 0.0039‰, 1960: 0.0044‰, 1961: 0.003‰, 1962: 0.0043‰, 1963: 0.0032‰, 1964: 0.0042‰, 1965: 0.0041‰, 1966: 0.0039‰, 1967: 0.0039‰, 1968: 0.0058‰, 1969: 0.0044‰, 1970: 0.0049‰, 1971: 0.0052‰, 1972: 0.0044‰, 1973: 0.0055‰, 1974: 0.0046‰, 1975: 0.0054‰, 1976: 0.0057‰, 1977: 0.0061‰, 1978: 0.0051‰, 1979: 0.0058‰, 1980: 0.0059‰, 1981: 0.0063‰, 1982: 0.0068‰, 1983: 0.0071‰, 1984: 0.0081‰, 1985: 0.0077‰, 1986: 0.0075‰, 1987: 0.008‰, 1988: 0.0086‰, 1989: 0.0086‰, 1990: 0.0088‰, 1991: 0.0082‰, 1992: 0.0111‰, 1993: 0.011‰, 1994: 0.0108‰, 1995: 0.0056‰, 1996: 0.0031‰, 1997: 0.0024‰, 1998: 0.0044‰, 1999: 0.007‰, 2000: 0.0075‰

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