Ken I

Ken I is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Ken I are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 32%Female 68%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Ken I · Keni · Ken-I

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 32% male / 68% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, China
Also spelled: Keni, Ken-I
US births since 1880: 78 male / 205 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Ken I

To address Ken I when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ken I," in English, "Guten Tag Ken I," in German. About 32% of people named Ken I are men and 68% 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 Ken I,

German

Guten Tag Ken I,

French

Bonjour Ken I,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ken I:

Chinese

IKen您好：

Japanese

I様

English

Hi Ken,

German

Hi Ken,

French

Salut Ken,

Spanish

Hola Ken,

Chinese

Ken你好：

Japanese

Ken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 Ken I by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	28%
China	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

78 male · 205 female · 283 births recorded

Male 28%Female 72%

Since 1980: 36% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ken I a male or female name?

Ken I is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Ken I are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ken I in an email?

Is Ken I a unisex name?

Ken I is not a unisex name: 32% of people named Ken I are men. Ken I 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 Ken I a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ken-i (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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