Is Kansas a boy or girl name?

Kansas is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 1,329 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 92.6% were girls and 7.4% were boys.

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Kansas

Recorded 1898–2025 · United States

Kansas was most popular in 2002, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,953 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,279, with 20 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,329 people named Kansas.

Kansas over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kansas’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kansas a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kansas is mostly a girl’s name — 92.6% of the 1,329 Americans given it were girls and 7.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 82% girls and 18% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org