Kansas
A unisex name of Native American origin, meaning people of the south wind; a kansa tribe.
Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Kansas by the numbers
Kansas was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kansas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the wind
Like Kansas, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
- Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Audrastorm174 in the US (2017)
- Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kansas
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