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Berkley

Berkley is a unisex given name: about 39% of people named Berkley are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexHigh
Male 39%Female 61%

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
39% male / 61% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
1,899 male / 3,006 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Berkley

To address Berkley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Berkley," in English, "Guten Tag Berkley," in German. About 39% of people named Berkley are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Berkley,

German

Guten Tag Berkley,

French

Bonjour Berkley,

Spanish

Estimado/a Berkley:

Chinese

Berkley您好：

Japanese

Berkley様

English

Hi Berkley,

German

Hi Berkley,

French

Salut Berkley,

Spanish

Hola Berkley,

Chinese

Berkley你好：

Japanese

Berkleyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Berkley by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonunisex name39%

United States birth data

1,899 male · 3,006 female · 4,905 births recorded

Male 39%Female 61%

Since 1980: 19% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Berkley a male or female name?

Berkley is a unisex given name: about 39% of people named Berkley are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Berkley in an email?

To address Berkley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Berkley," in English, "Guten Tag Berkley," in German. About 39% of people named Berkley are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Berkley a unisex name?

Berkley is a unisex name: 39% of people named Berkley are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Berkley a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/berkley (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_berkley,
  title  = {Is Berkley a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/berkley},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}