Savannah

#135 for girls in 2025, 2,141 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #7,587
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2006 · 7,096 births
Debut · girls
17 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
191,514
since 1880

Savannah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #30, 2006girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1352,141
2024#1082,499
2023#922,759
2022#763,052
2021#673,486#7,58710
2020#673,545
2019#544,186
2018#454,769#12,1565
2017#385,255#8,1409
2016#385,389
2015#385,469#9,5687
2014#385,490
2013#365,259
2012#435,203
2011#415,463
2010#445,386#12,2315
2009#395,606#12,4915
2008#336,134#6,76312
2007#307,051#8,1739
2006#307,096#8,7328
2005#356,484#7,09610
2004#415,814#2,84336
2003#416,154#9,5816
2002#396,581#9,3926
2001#426,737#9,2436
2000#377,100#5,58812
1999#426,806
1998#456,464#9,6315
1997#476,580
1996#437,000#5,9829
1995#684,904#5,50110
1994#824,386#5,8689
1993#963,343#7,6386
1992#1432,183
1991#1811,649
1990#2051,401
1989#2061,289#7,9055
1988#1981,314#4,7869
1987#1871,469
1986#1551,809#5,3327
1985#2011,321#6,5235
1984#275871
1983#465434#5,4846
1982#1,167118
1981#2,30543
1980#2,18946
1979#2,34340
1978#3,63720
1977#3,26723
1976#3,54019
1975#3,77417
1974#3,69517
1973#2,91423
1972#2,97622
1971#3,16621
1970#2,45030
1969#3,10219
1968#3,61014
1967#4,05311
1966#3,26615
1965#3,54913
1964#3,87912
1963#2,54323
1962#3,03317
1961#2,41125
1960#2,64921
1959#2,51721
1958#2,26025
1957#2,02829
1956#1,61743
1955#2,28023
1954#1,60240
1953#1,83430
1952#1,74632
1951#1,50539
1950#1,37544
1949#1,43741
1948#1,57635
1947#1,30249
1946#1,48135
1945#1,33236
1944#1,38134
1943#1,25142
1942#1,49730
1941#1,05248
1940#1,11442
1939#1,02248
1938#1,23135
1937#1,00249
1936#1,18636
1935#1,10140
1934#99348
1933#1,12339
1932#1,09742
1931#98450
1930#1,14442
1929#1,01551
1928#91865
1927#1,01057
1926#1,01254
1925#86175
1924#79288
1923#1,02754
1922#87969
1921#82879
1920#77189
1919#81474
1918#83274
1917#75983
1916#85663
1915#82463
1914#72662
1913#70854
1912#64859
1911#64145#1,7405
1910#52860
1909#55248
1908#55745
1907#55443
1906#57837
1905#45555
1904#61231
1903#54935
1902#42553
1901#44145
1900#46353
1899#48037
1898#44846
1897#47736
1896#53831
1895#48037
1894#45038
1893#45534
1892#38747
1891#39340
1890#44633
1889#42133
1888#40337
1887#37233
1886#37832
1885#40526
1884#32636
1883#34327
1882#40720
1881#32524
1880#40317
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Savannah was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.

See more about Savannah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#108#135)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#67#135)
  • 97 spots since 2015 (#38#135)
  • Biggest jump: 702 spots in 1983 (#1,167#465)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1926 (#861#1,012)
Rise & fade · girls
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2006 at #30 (7,096 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1993–2023
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1922
Share of babies · girls
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 girls born in 1996 were named Savannah (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 751 girls born in 2025 (0.13%)
  • Its best rank, #30 in 2006, was only 1 in 268 (0.37%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 33.8% of all girls named Savannah (64,757) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s285#325 (1881)#378
1890s379#387 (1892)#455
1900s445#425 (1902)#519
1910s637#528 (1910)#734
1920s681#771 (1920)#911
1930s429#984 (1931)#1,088
1940s392#1,052 (1941)#1,342
1950s326#1,375 (1950)#1,876
1960s170#2,411 (1961)#3,210
1970s232#2,343 (1979)#3,176
1980s8,714#155 (1986)#735
1990s44,716#42 (1999)#95
2000s64,757#30 (2006)#37
2010s51,869#36 (2013)#42
2020s17,482#67 (2020)#91

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.

Savannah in 2000

girls
#37
7,100 births · 1 in 256 girls
boys
#5,588
12 births · 1 in 163,667 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #37Savannah7,100

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #5,588Savannah12
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 256 of them was named Savannah, which outranked 99.8% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Savannah
  1. #34Natalie8,096
  2. #35Hailey7,829
  3. #36Alexandra7,550
  4. #37Savannah7,100
  5. #38Chloe7,094
  6. #39Rebecca7,078
  7. #40Stephanie7,028
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 163,667 of them was named Savannah, which outranked 53.9% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Savannah
  1. #5,297Zhane13
  2. #5,297Zyler13
  3. #5,297Zyquan13
  4. #5,588Savannah12
  5. #5,588Abdias12
  6. #5,588Abrar12
  7. #5,588Aeden12
  8. #5,920Aaditya11
  9. #5,920Abdou11
  10. #5,920Abdurahman11

Tied with 331 names at #5,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000