Denver

Denver is a unisex given name: about 90% of people named Denver are men and 10% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleHigh

Male 90%Female 10%

Verdict: Mostly male
Male / female split: 90% male / 10% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 14,803 male / 1,654 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Denver

To address Denver when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Denver," in English, "Guten Tag Denver," in German. About 90% of people named Denver are men and 10% 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 Denver,

German

Guten Tag Denver,

French

Bonjour Denver,

Spanish

Estimado/a Denver:

Chinese

Denver您好：

Japanese

Denver様

English

Hi Denver,

German

Hi Denver,

French

Salut Denver,

Spanish

Hola Denver,

Chinese

Denver你好：

Japanese

Denver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 Denver by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	man's name	90%
Great Britain	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

14,803 male · 1,654 female · 16,457 births recorded

Male 90%Female 10%

Since 1980: 78% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Denver a male or female name?

Denver is a unisex given name: about 90% of people named Denver are men and 10% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Denver in an email?

Is Denver a unisex name?

Denver is not a unisex name: 90% of people named Denver are men. Denver leans strongly male overall.

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

BibTeX

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