Kim
Kim is a unisex given name: about 23% of people named Kim are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 23% male / 77% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Vietnam, Denmark
- US births since 1880
- 34,873 male / 179,492 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Kim
To address Kim when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kim," in English, "Guten Tag Kim," in German. About 23% of people named Kim are men and 77% 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 Kim,
German
Guten Tag Kim,
French
Bonjour Kim,
Spanish
Estimado/a Kim:
Chinese
Kim您好：
Japanese
Kim様
English
Hi Kim,
German
Hi Kim,
French
Salut Kim,
Spanish
Hola Kim,
Chinese
Kim你好：
Japanese
Kimさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | woman's name | 16% |
| Vietnam | very common | woman's name | 25% |
| Denmark | common | man's name | 98% |
| Netherlands | uncommon | woman's name | 25% |
| Belgium | uncommon | woman's name | 25% |
| Great Britain | uncommon | woman's name | 25% |
| Luxembourg | uncommon | woman's name | 25% |
| Norway | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| Armenia | uncommon | man's name | 75% |
| Sweden | uncommon | unisex name | 50% |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name | 25% |
| Ireland | rare | woman's name | 2% |
United States birth data
34,873 male · 179,492 female · 214,365 births recorded
Since 1980: 19% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kim a male or female name?
Kim is a unisex given name: about 23% of people named Kim are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Kim in an email?
To address Kim when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kim," in English, "Guten Tag Kim," in German. About 23% of people named Kim are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Kim a unisex name?
Kim is not a unisex name: 23% of people named Kim are men. Kim leans strongly female overall.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Kim a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kim (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kim,
title = {Is Kim a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kim},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}