Wren

Wren is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Wren are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 18%Female 82%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 18% male / 82% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 840 male / 4,188 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Wren

To address Wren when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Wren," in English, "Guten Tag Wren," in German. About 18% of people named Wren are men and 82% 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 Wren,

German

Guten Tag Wren,

French

Bonjour Wren,

Spanish

Estimado/a Wren:

Chinese

Wren您好：

Japanese

Wren様

English

Hi Wren,

German

Hi Wren,

French

Salut Wren,

Spanish

Hola Wren,

Chinese

Wren你好：

Japanese

Wren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 Wren by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	17%
Great Britain	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

840 male · 4,188 female · 5,028 births recorded

Male 17%Female 83%

Since 1980: 15% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Wren a male or female name?

Wren is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Wren are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Wren in an email?

Is Wren a unisex name?

Wren is not a unisex name: 18% of people named Wren are men. Wren 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 Wren a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/wren (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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