Savanna

#1,085 for girls in 2025, 222 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #6,976
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2000 · 1,500 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
32,974
since 1916

Savanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Savanna has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #210, 2000girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#1,085222—
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2009#3281,007—
2008#3011,102—
2007#2461,414—
2006#2301,502—
2005#2571,271—
2004#2731,198#6,97610
2003#2471,318—
2002#2351,345—
2001#2291,379—
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1999#2321,389—
1998#2411,278—
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Savanna! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Savanna is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #163 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 471 girlsAKMaine: #204 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 881 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #134 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 477 girlsNHWashington: #278 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,270 girlsWAIdaho: #143 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 544 girlsIDMontana: #146 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 462 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #126 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 435 girlsNDMinnesota: #239 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,189 girlsMNIllinois: #343 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,746 girlsILWisconsin: #153 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 701 girlsWIMichigan: #189 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 968 girlsMINew York: #333 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,957 girlsNYMassachusetts: #336 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,091 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedRIOregon: #191 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 816 girlsORNevada: #181 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 710 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedSDIowa: #248 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsIAIndiana: #223 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsINOhio: #189 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 977 girlsOHPennsylvania: #285 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsPANew Jersey: #591 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,776 girlsNJConnecticut: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,918 girlsCTCalifornia: #296 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 1,532 girlsCAUtah: #131 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 519 girlsUTColorado: #216 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 961 girlsCONebraska: #202 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 800 girlsNEMissouri: #209 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsMOKentucky: #155 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 692 girlsKYWest Virginia: #131 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 520 girlsWVVirginia: #150 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 701 girlsVAMaryland: #237 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,140 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedDEArizona: #255 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,128 girlsAZNew Mexico: #153 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 541 girlsNMKansas: #318 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,458 girlsKSArkansas: #178 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 785 girlsARTennessee: #121 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 557 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #197 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 966 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #130 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 585 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #193 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 794 girlsOKLouisiana: #235 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsLAMississippi: #134 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 590 girlsMSAlabama: #113 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 527 girlsALGeorgia: #184 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 879 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedHITexas: #269 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 1,389 girlsTXFlorida: #173 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 812 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#113 · 1 in 527
  2. Tennessee#121 · 1 in 557
  3. North Dakota#126 · 1 in 435
  4. South Carolina#130 · 1 in 585
  5. Utah#131 · 1 in 519

Best ever in a state: #70 in Alaska, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#113401 in 527
Tennessee#121551 in 557
North Dakota#12661 in 435
South Carolina#130291 in 585
Utah#131321 in 519
West Virginia#131141 in 520
Mississippi#134201 in 590
New Hampshire#134101 in 477
Idaho#143111 in 544
Montana#14661 in 462
Virginia#150491 in 701
New Mexico#153151 in 541
Wisconsin#153361 in 701
Kentucky#155291 in 692
Alaska#16351 in 471
Florida#173921 in 812
Arkansas#178151 in 785
Nevada#181131 in 710
Georgia#184521 in 879
Michigan#189531 in 968
Ohio#189631 in 977
Oregon#191201 in 816
Oklahoma#193211 in 794
North Carolina#197441 in 966
Nebraska#202101 in 800
Maine#20451 in 881
Missouri#209291 in 1,009
Colorado#216241 in 961
Indiana#223301 in 1,107
Louisiana#235211 in 1,049
Maryland#237211 in 1,140
Minnesota#239211 in 1,189
Iowa#248121 in 1,146
Arizona#255271 in 1,128
Texas#2691061 in 1,389
Washington#278231 in 1,270
Pennsylvania#285381 in 1,524
California#2961431 in 1,532
Kansas#31891 in 1,458
New York#333511 in 1,957
Massachusetts#336151 in 2,091
Illinois#343401 in 1,746
Connecticut#34581 in 1,918
New Jersey#591111 in 3,776
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Savanna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 76 spots since 2024 (#1,009 → #1,085)
  • 444 spots since 2020 (#641 → #1,085)
  • 582 spots since 2015 (#503 → #1,085)
  • Biggest jump: 351 spots in 1984 (#1,260 → #909)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 2024 (#787 → #1,009)
Rise & fade · girls
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2000 at #210 (1,500 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1984–2023
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,211
  • Highest: 1 in 1,211 girls born in 2000 were named Savanna (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,240 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 39.5% of all girls named Savanna (13,036) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,552 (1916)#3,552
1920s16#4,376 (1923)#4,816
1930s0——
1940s0——
1950s13#4,520 (1958)#5,303
1960s18#5,817 (1965)#6,159
1970s38#6,340 (1977)#7,030
1980s2,057#514 (1986)#1,890
1990s9,048#232 (1999)#347
2000s13,036#210 (2000)#256
2010s6,592#344 (2011)#490
2020s2,149#628 (2021)#815

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Savanna in 1999

girls
#232
1,389 births · 1 in 1,277 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #232Savanna1,389
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,277 of them was named Savanna, which outranked 98.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Savanna
  1. #229Kate1,400
  2. #230Payton1,394
  3. #231Tara1,393
  4. #232Savanna1,389
  5. #233Jazmine1,378
  6. #234Katelynn1,364
  7. #235Peyton1,356
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999 →