Laken

Laken is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Laken are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 21%Female 79%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 21% male / 79% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 1,258 male / 4,812 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Laken

To address Laken when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Laken," in English, "Guten Tag Laken," in German. About 21% of people named Laken are men and 79% 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 Laken,

German

Guten Tag Laken,

French

Bonjour Laken,

Spanish

Estimado/a Laken:

Chinese

Laken您好：

Japanese

Laken様

English

Hi Laken,

German

Hi Laken,

French

Salut Laken,

Spanish

Hola Laken,

Chinese

Laken你好：

Japanese

Laken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 Laken by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	21%

United States birth data

1,258 male · 4,812 female · 6,070 births recorded

Male 21%Female 79%

Since 1980: 21% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Laken a male or female name?

Laken is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Laken are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Laken in an email?

Is Laken a unisex name?

Laken is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Laken are men. Laken leans strongly female 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 Laken a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/laken (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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