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
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 7,096 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 191,514since 1880
Savannah over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #135 | 2,141 | — | |
| 2024 | #108 | 2,499 | — | |
| 2023 | #92 | 2,759 | — | |
| 2022 | #76 | 3,052 | — | |
| 2021 | #67 | 3,486 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #67 | 3,545 | — | |
| 2019 | #54 | 4,186 | — | |
| 2018 | #45 | 4,769 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #38 | 5,255 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #38 | 5,389 | — | |
| 2015 | #38 | 5,469 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #38 | 5,490 | — | |
| 2013 | #36 | 5,259 | — | |
| 2012 | #43 | 5,203 | — | |
| 2011 | #41 | 5,463 | — | |
| 2010 | #44 | 5,386 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #39 | 5,606 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #33 | 6,134 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #30 | 7,051 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #30 | 7,096 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #35 | 6,484 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #41 | 5,814 | #2,843 | 36 |
| 2003 | #41 | 6,154 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #39 | 6,581 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #42 | 6,737 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #37 | 7,100 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #42 | 6,806 | — | |
| 1998 | #45 | 6,464 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #47 | 6,580 | — | |
| 1996 | #43 | 7,000 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #68 | 4,904 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #82 | 4,386 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #96 | 3,343 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #143 | 2,183 | — | |
| 1991 | #181 | 1,649 | — | |
| 1990 | #205 | 1,401 | — | |
| 1989 | #206 | 1,289 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #198 | 1,314 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #187 | 1,469 | — | |
| 1986 | #155 | 1,809 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #201 | 1,321 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #275 | 871 | — | |
| 1983 | #465 | 434 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #1,167 | 118 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,189 | 46 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,302 | 49 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,101 | 40 | — | |
| 1934 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 | — | |
| 1931 | #984 | 50 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,144 | 42 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 | — | |
| 1928 | #918 | 65 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,010 | 57 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,012 | 54 | — | |
| 1925 | #861 | 75 | — | |
| 1924 | #792 | 88 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,027 | 54 | — | |
| 1922 | #879 | 69 | — | |
| 1921 | #828 | 79 | — | |
| 1920 | #771 | 89 | — | |
| 1919 | #814 | 74 | — | |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 | — | |
| 1917 | #759 | 83 | — | |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 | — | |
| 1915 | #824 | 63 | — | |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 | — | |
| 1913 | #708 | 54 | — | |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 | — | |
| 1911 | #641 | 45 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #528 | 60 | — | |
| 1909 | #552 | 48 | — | |
| 1908 | #557 | 45 | — | |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 | — | |
| 1906 | #578 | 37 | — | |
| 1905 | #455 | 55 | — | |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 | — | |
| 1903 | #549 | 35 | — | |
| 1902 | #425 | 53 | — | |
| 1901 | #441 | 45 | — | |
| 1900 | #463 | 53 | — | |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | — | |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 | — | |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 | — | |
| 1895 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1894 | #450 | 38 | — | |
| 1893 | #455 | 34 | — | |
| 1892 | #387 | 47 | — | |
| 1891 | #393 | 40 | — | |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #421 | 33 | — | |
| 1888 | #403 | 37 | — | |
| 1887 | #372 | 33 | — | |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1885 | #405 | 26 | — | |
| 1884 | #326 | 36 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #407 | 20 | — | |
| 1881 | #325 | 24 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2006 at #30 (7,096 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1993–2023
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1922
- 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
- 33.8% of all girls named Savannah (64,757) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 285 | #325 (1881) | #378 |
| 1890s | 379 | #387 (1892) | #455 |
| 1900s | 445 | #425 (1902) | #519 |
| 1910s | 637 | #528 (1910) | #734 |
| 1920s | 681 | #771 (1920) | #911 |
| 1930s | 429 | #984 (1931) | #1,088 |
| 1940s | 392 | #1,052 (1941) | #1,342 |
| 1950s | 326 | #1,375 (1950) | #1,876 |
| 1960s | 170 | #2,411 (1961) | #3,210 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,343 (1979) | #3,176 |
| 1980s | 8,714 | #155 (1986) | #735 |
| 1990s | 44,716 | #42 (1999) | #95 |
| 2000s | 64,757 | #30 (2006) | #37 |
| 2010s | 51,869 | #36 (2013) | #42 |
| 2020s | 17,482 | #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 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 268 of them was named Savannah, which outranked 99.9% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 256,909 of them was named Savannah, which outranked 37.8% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,998Zoltan9
- #7,998Zoran9
- #7,998Zubin9
- #8,732Savannah8
- #8,732Aahan8
- #8,732Aaran8
- #8,732Aarik8
- #9,585Aadon7
- #9,585Aahil7
- #9,585Abass7
Tied with 852 names at #8,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.