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Rye

Rye is a unisex given name: about 70% of people named Rye are men and 30% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 70%Female 30%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
70% male / 30% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Korea, United States
US births since 1880
587 male / 67 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Rye

To address Rye when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Rye," in English, "Guten Tag Rye," in German. About 70% of people named Rye are men and 30% 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 Rye,

German

Guten Tag Rye,

French

Bonjour Rye,

Spanish

Estimado/a Rye:

Chinese

Rye您好：

Japanese

Rye様

English

Hi Rye,

German

Hi Rye,

French

Salut Rye,

Spanish

Hola Rye,

Chinese

Rye你好：

Japanese

Rye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 Rye by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Koreauncommonunisex name50%
United Statesuncommonman's name90%

United States birth data

587 male · 67 female · 654 births recorded

Male 90%Female 10%

Since 1980: 89% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Rye a male or female name?

Rye is a unisex given name: about 70% of people named Rye are men and 30% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Rye in an email?

To address Rye when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Rye," in English, "Guten Tag Rye," in German. About 70% of people named Rye are men and 30% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Rye a unisex name?

Rye is not a unisex name: 70% of people named Rye are men. Rye leans strongly male overall.

Related names

YoungMostly femaleJungUnisexHeeMostly femaleMinMostly maleDongMostly maleYongMostly maleJinMostly femaleSangUnisex

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

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