girls:
1.2k births since 1898
#4516 (21st percentile)
boys:
87 births since 1993
#4499 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1898
#6453 (17th percentile)
The name Kansas is the #6,453 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,289 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 16.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,516 (21.0% percentile) for all time with 1,202 births since 1898. For boys, it ranks #4,499 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 87 births since 1993.
Kansas first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Kansas is available in 56 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 13 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kansas has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Kansas were girls.
For girls, Kansas reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #849) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kansas ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 40.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kansas reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #769) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kansas ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 83.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kansas".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kansas. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Kansas is pronounced as KAN-zuhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAN-suhs, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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