Feminine dossier · first seen 1898

Kansas

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kansas
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2002

Peak era

2002

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1898Peak 20022024

Peak year

2002

Decline from peak

72%

2024

All-time

1,216

Kansas is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2002, when 50 girls were named Kansas.

In 2024, only 14 girls were given the name.

Down 72% from its peak.

All told, about 1,216 Americans have been named Kansas and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2002

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