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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #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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2011#344929—
2010#374845—
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—
2000#2101,500—
1999#2321,389—
1998#2411,278—
1997#2461,196—
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1988#619323#7,2705
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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 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedNHWashington: #785 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,690 girlsWAIdaho: #369 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #478 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,025 girlsMNIllinois: #627 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,025 girlsILWisconsin: #833 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,295 girlsWIMichigan: #362 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,533 girlsMINew York: #491 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,257 girlsNYMassachusetts: #563 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,762 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedRIOregon: #645 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,748 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedIAIndiana: #478 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,027 girlsINOhio: #570 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,700 girlsOHPennsylvania: #449 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsPANew Jersey: #381 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,656 girlsNJConnecticut: #222 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 859 girlsCTCalifornia: #784 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 4,257 girlsCAUtah: #499 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,116 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedCONebraska: #415 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsNEMissouri: #744 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,533 girlsMOKentucky: #728 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,404 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedWVVirginia: #682 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,143 girlsVAMaryland: #787 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,687 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,063 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,547 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedNMKansas: #575 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,316 girlsKSArkansas: #431 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,554 girlsARTennessee: #891 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,460 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #578 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,651 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #539 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,215 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #483 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,859 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedMSAlabama: #420 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsALGeorgia: #744 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,484 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Savanna, so not publishedHITexas: #772 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,987 girlsTXFlorida: #655 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,344 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#222 · 1 in 859
  2. Michigan#362 · 1 in 1,533
  3. Idaho#369 · 1 in 1,285
  4. New Jersey#381 · 1 in 1,656
  5. Nebraska#415 · 1 in 1,452

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#222141 in 859
Michigan#362251 in 1,533
Idaho#36951 in 1,285
New Jersey#381221 in 1,656
Nebraska#41551 in 1,452
Alabama#420121 in 1,590
Arkansas#43171 in 1,554
Pennsylvania#449251 in 1,951
Indiana#478141 in 2,027
Minnesota#478111 in 2,025
Oklahoma#48381 in 1,859
New York#491361 in 2,257
Utah#49981 in 2,116
South Carolina#53981 in 2,215
Massachusetts#56391 in 2,762
Ohio#570181 in 2,700
Kansas#57551 in 2,316
North Carolina#578171 in 2,651
Illinois#627161 in 3,025
Oregon#64551 in 2,748
Florida#655251 in 3,344
Virginia#682111 in 3,143
Kentucky#72851 in 3,404
Georgia#744131 in 3,484
Missouri#74471 in 3,533
Texas#772391 in 3,987
California#784411 in 4,257
Washington#78581 in 3,690
Maryland#78761 in 3,687
Wisconsin#83351 in 4,295
Tennessee#89171 in 4,460
Arizona#1,06351 in 5,547
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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——
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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 2021

girls
#628
472 births · 1 in 3,476 girls

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #628Savanna472
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 3,476 of them was named Savanna, which outranked 96.4% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Savanna
  1. #623Leslie477
  2. #626Zariyah476
  3. #627Christina475
  4. #628Savanna472
  5. #629Skyla471
  6. #630Emerie470
  7. #631Briana469
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 437Raya#932 → #495
  2. ↑ 396Wrenley#893 → #497
  3. ↑ 298Angelique#1,173 → #875
  4. ↑ 283Emberlynn#1,241 → #958
  5. ↑ 276Flora#924 → #648
Fallers
  1. ↓ 475Denisse#852 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 347Denise#876 → #1,223
  3. ↓ 267Karen#821 → #1,088
  4. ↓ 227Keily#854 → #1,081
  5. ↓ 227Nathalie#911 → #1,138

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

See the top 100 for 2021 →