Kansas
Kansas was the 7305th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1898, when it ranked 1824th; the most babies were born in 2002 (50). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,388 places. More babies were named Kansas in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,305 girls, down 2,214 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15girls
- Girls and boys
- 72% girls, 28% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200250 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,329babies recorded
Kansas popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,305 | #12,963 | 15 | 5 |
| 2020 | #5,091 | — | 25 | — |
| 2010 | #8,078 | — | 15 | — |
| 2000 | #4,880 | — | 24 | — |
| 1990 | #4,768 | — | 20 | — |
| 1980 | #4,409 | — | 17 | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,185 | — | 7 | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | #2,073 | — | 5 | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kansas, counting every spelling?
Kansas has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kansas?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kansas (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kansas born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kansas.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kansas?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Kansas are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 13 and 31. That makes Kansas mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kansas by state
How common Kansas was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kansas: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kansas, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kansas
How popular is the name Kansas?
Kansas was the 7305th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1898, when it ranked 1824th; the most babies were born in 2002 (50). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,388 places. More babies were named Kansas in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kansas a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 72% girls, 28% boys given the name Kansas in the US.
Where is Kansas most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kansas was most common in South Carolina (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.