Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kansas*

#5,841 most common girls' name of all time · #9,870 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1898–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#5,841
Rank overall
#9,870 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,329
Since 2016
257
Peak year
2002 #2,940
Best rank
#1,938 1898
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Kansas first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 15 5 20 #7,159
2024 14 6 20 #7,624
2023 18 9 27 #6,430
2022 15 6 21 #7,304
2021 27 8 35 #4,847
2020 25 — 25 #5,017
2019 25 5 30 #5,176
2018 22 — 22 #5,630
2017 19 — 19 #6,305
2016 32 6 38 #4,433
2015 28 — 28 #4,867
2014 26 — 26 #5,175
2013 30 — 30 #4,660
2012 25 — 25 #5,413
2011 26 5 31 #5,228
2010 15 — 15 #7,915
2009 27 — 27 #5,238
2008 32 — 32 #4,652
2007 36 — 36 #4,220
2006 47 — 47 #3,424
2005 36 6 42 #3,947
2004 39 — 39 #3,697
2003 38 — 38 #3,667
2002 50 — 50 #2,940
2001 32 — 32 #3,952
2000 24 — 24 #4,812
1999 35 — 35 #3,517
1998 25 5 30 #4,383
1997 25 6 31 #4,250
1996 35 7 42 #3,311
1995 39 5 44 #2,985
1994 33 12 45 #3,386
1993 24 7 31 #4,279
1992 29 — 29 #3,699
1991 20 — 20 #4,837
1990 20 — 20 #4,714
1989 23 — 23 #4,133
1988 23 — 23 #3,911
1987 6 — 6 #9,944
1986 13 — 13 #5,489
1985 18 — 18 #4,305
1984 7 — 7 #8,245
1983 14 — 14 #4,917
1982 12 — 12 #5,589
1981 11 — 11 #5,940
1980 17 — 17 #4,360
1979 13 — 13 #5,133
1978 6 — 6 #8,656
1977 8 — 8 #6,969
1927 5 — 5 #4,968
1924 8 — 8 #3,764
1920 7 — 7 #4,097
1915 5 — 5 #4,411
1913 6 — 6 #2,980
1911 6 — 6 #2,327
1908 5 — 5 #2,285
1900 5 — 5 #2,129
1898 5 — 5 #1,938