Avery

Avery is a unisex given name: about 31% of people named Avery are men and 69% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 31%Female 69%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 31% male / 69% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 53,519 male / 117,789 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Avery

To address Avery when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Avery," in English, "Guten Tag Avery," in German. About 31% of people named Avery are men and 69% 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 Avery,

German

Guten Tag Avery,

French

Bonjour Avery,

Spanish

Estimado/a Avery:

Chinese

Avery您好：

Japanese

Avery様

English

Hi Avery,

German

Hi Avery,

French

Salut Avery,

Spanish

Hola Avery,

Chinese

Avery你好：

Japanese

Avery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 Avery by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	unisex name	31%
Great Britain	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

53,519 male · 117,789 female · 171,308 births recorded

Male 31%Female 69%

Since 1980: 28% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Avery a male or female name?

Avery is a unisex given name: about 31% of people named Avery are men and 69% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Avery in an email?

Is Avery a unisex name?

Avery is not a unisex name: 31% of people named Avery are men. Avery 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 Avery a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/avery (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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