Given name & surname
Kansas
Kansas is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “of the south wind people; from the state of Kansas.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “of the south wind people; from the state of Kansas.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kansas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,329
- 98 boys · 1,231 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #7,305 for girls · #12,963 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,305 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 2002. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,102 as a first name in 2020; 161 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kansas’s family of names
Kansas may belong to the same name family as KANNSAS. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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