Kansas
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KAN-zus
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kansas is a name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kansas mean?
Native American: US state named after the Kansa (Kaw) people
From the US state, named after the Kansa or Kaw people; the name is often translated 'people of the south wind'.
Is Kansas a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kansas has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kansas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kansas, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898. 5 boys were also named Kansas in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kansas in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 77% of the babies named Kansas in the US were girls.
Kansas in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
Names like Kansas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Anya Kavya Priya Krisha Avani Prisha Anvi Isha Armani Arya Navya
Names related to Kansas
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kansas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kansas, updated 20 October 2026.