Get Gender by Name - Single Request

The Get Gender by Name endpoint allows you to determine the gender of a single first name. All parameters are sent via a POST request as JSON. You must authenticate using the Bearer token method in the Authorization header.

Request URL

POST https://api.genderapi.io/api

Required HTTP Headers

• Content-Type: application/json
• Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Request Body Parameters

Example Requests

cURL Example

curl -X POST "https://api.genderapi.io/api" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
     -d '{"name": "Alice", "country": "US", "askToAI": true, "forceToGenderize": true}'

PHP cURL Example

<?php
$url = "https://api.genderapi.io/api";

$data = array(
    "name" => "Alice",
    "country" => "US",
    "askToAI" => true,
    "forceToGenderize" => true
);

$payload = json_encode($data);

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

JavaScript fetch Example

fetch("https://api.genderapi.io/api", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: "Alice",
    country: "US",
    askToAI: true,
    forceToGenderize: true
  })
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));

Python requests Example

import requests

url = "https://api.genderapi.io/api"

payload = {
    "name": "Alice",
    "country": "US",
    "askToAI": True,
    "forceToGenderize": True
}

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)

print(response.json())

Example JSON Response

{
  "status": true,
  "used_credits": 1,
  "remaining_credits": 4999,
  "expires": 1743659200,
  "q": "Alice",
  "name": "Alice",
  "gender": "female",
  "country": "US",
  "total_names": 10234,
  "probability": 98,
  "duration": "4ms"
}

Response Fields