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Is Yu a Male or Female Name?

Yu is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Yu globally is 49.4% males and 50.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 81.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Myanmar (Burma) with 79.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Yu in percentages: Globally: 49.4% males, 50.6% females, China: 55.3% males, 44.7% females, United States: 55.1% males, 44.9% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 46.8% males, 53.2% females, Taiwan: 41.3% males, 58.7% females, Malaysia: 49.2% males, 50.8% females, Japan: 65.2% males, 34.8% females, Singapore: 43.7% males, 56.3% females, St. Lucia: 81.8% males, 18.2% females, Canada: 57.4% males, 42.6% females, United Kingdom: 43.5% males, 56.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Yu are 18-24 years old, making up 26.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Yu in each age group: 18-24: 26.7%, 25-34: 21.1%, 35-44: 22.8%, 45-54: 15.0%, 55-64: 8.8%, 65+: 5.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Yu is Taiwan with 0.3127% of the population. Following is Myanmar (Burma) and China.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Yu year over year: 1956: 0.0013‰, 1957: 0.0019‰, 1958: 0.0011‰, 1959: 0.0007‰, 1960: 0.0011‰, 1961: 0.0019‰, 1962: 0.0015‰, 1963: 0.0022‰, 1964: 0.0013‰, 1965: 0.0012‰, 1966: 0.0022‰, 1967: 0.0016‰, 1968: 0.0023‰, 1969: 0.0023‰, 1970: 0.0024‰, 1971: 0.0023‰, 1972: 0.003‰, 1973: 0.0028‰, 1974: 0.0024‰, 1975: 0.0027‰, 1976: 0.0028‰, 1977: 0.004‰, 1978: 0.0034‰, 1979: 0.0037‰, 1980: 0.0032‰, 1981: 0.0045‰, 1982: 0.0045‰, 1983: 0.0043‰, 1984: 0.0046‰, 1985: 0.0044‰, 1986: 0.0048‰, 1987: 0.0054‰, 1988: 0.0052‰, 1989: 0.005‰, 1990: 0.0043‰, 1991: 0.0049‰, 1992: 0.0043‰, 1993: 0.0045‰, 1994: 0.0041‰, 1995: 0.0035‰, 1996: 0.0034‰, 1997: 0.003‰, 1998: 0.0044‰, 1999: 0.004‰, 2000: 0.0059‰

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