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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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 2015

girls
#38
5,469 births · 1 in 326 girls
boys
#9,568
7 births · 1 in 273,820 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #38Savannah5,469

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #9,568Savannah7
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 326 of them was named Savannah, which outranked 99.8% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Savannah
  1. #35Riley5,739
  2. #36Leah5,636
  3. #37Audrey5,613
  4. #38Savannah5,469
  5. #39Allison5,356
  6. #40Samantha5,347
  7. #41Nora5,330
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 273,820 of them was named Savannah, which outranked 31.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Savannah
  1. #8,744Zorawar8
  2. #8,744Zubin8
  3. #8,744Zyree8
  4. #9,568Savannah7
  5. #9,568Aadhyan7
  6. #9,568Aadrian7
  7. #9,568Aamari7
  8. #10,644Aadithya6
  9. #10,644Aadiv6
  10. #10,644Aahir6

Tied with 1,075 names at #9,568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015