Savanah
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 512 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,104since 1884
Savanah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Savanah has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 |
| 2020 | #2,580 | 66 |
| 2019 | #2,482 | 71 |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 |
| 2015 | #1,685 | 126 |
| 2014 | #1,768 | 117 |
| 2013 | #1,705 | 122 |
| 2012 | #1,315 | 179 |
| 2011 | #1,105 | 223 |
| 2010 | #995 | 253 |
| 2009 | #898 | 304 |
| 2008 | #824 | 346 |
| 2007 | #693 | 420 |
| 2006 | #625 | 463 |
| 2005 | #682 | 407 |
| 2004 | #700 | 384 |
| 2003 | #637 | 419 |
| 2002 | #600 | 430 |
| 2001 | #635 | 397 |
| 2000 | #587 | 438 |
| 1999 | #578 | 431 |
| 1998 | #495 | 512 |
| 1997 | #498 | 498 |
| 1996 | #562 | 415 |
| 1995 | #549 | 428 |
| 1994 | #604 | 372 |
| 1993 | #754 | 275 |
| 1992 | #1,131 | 156 |
| 1991 | #1,328 | 124 |
| 1990 | #1,533 | 100 |
| 1989 | #1,532 | 93 |
| 1988 | #1,439 | 96 |
| 1987 | #1,136 | 130 |
| 1986 | #992 | 158 |
| 1985 | #1,239 | 110 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
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| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Savanah! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Savanah is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Oregon#238 · 1 in 1,110
- Arkansas#265 · 1 in 1,300
- Utah#276 · 1 in 1,269
- Idaho#279 · 1 in 1,154
- Oklahoma#317 · 1 in 1,597
Best ever in a state: #161 in Idaho, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #238 | 15 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Arkansas | #265 | 9 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Utah | #276 | 12 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Idaho | #279 | 5 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Oklahoma | #317 | 10 | 1 in 1,597 |
| Missouri | #329 | 14 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Tennessee | #349 | 13 | 1 in 2,278 |
| Alabama | #351 | 10 | 1 in 2,057 |
| Louisiana | #391 | 10 | 1 in 2,155 |
| Colorado | #393 | 10 | 1 in 2,098 |
| Indiana | #403 | 13 | 1 in 2,530 |
| Maryland | #438 | 9 | 1 in 2,746 |
| Kentucky | #453 | 6 | 1 in 3,273 |
| Texas | #514 | 46 | 1 in 3,034 |
| South Carolina | #516 | 5 | 1 in 3,251 |
| Michigan | #564 | 13 | 1 in 4,004 |
| Arizona | #565 | 9 | 1 in 3,163 |
| California | #576 | 62 | 1 in 3,706 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 9 | 1 in 4,372 |
| Ohio | #616 | 13 | 1 in 4,779 |
| Virginia | #640 | 7 | 1 in 4,878 |
| Florida | #647 | 15 | 1 in 4,849 |
| Pennsylvania | #660 | 11 | 1 in 5,504 |
| Illinois | #701 | 14 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Massachusetts | #705 | 5 | 1 in 6,440 |
| Georgia | #779 | 7 | 1 in 5,930 |
| Washington | #818 | 5 | 1 in 5,708 |
| New York | #1,055 | 12 | 1 in 8,694 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,327 spots since 2024 (#3,395 → #5,722)
- 3,142 spots since 2020 (#2,580 → #5,722)
- 4,037 spots since 2015 (#1,685 → #5,722)
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1993 (#1,131 → #754)
- Biggest drop: 589 spots in 1889 (#690 → #1,279)
Rise & fade · girls
114 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1998 at #495 (512 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1993–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,451
- Highest: 1 in 3,451 girls born in 1998 were named Savanah (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.7% of all girls named Savanah (4,008) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #690 (1888) | #919 |
| 1890s | 53 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,291 |
| 1900s | 65 | #1,106 (1900) | #1,453 |
| 1910s | 106 | #1,634 (1910) | #2,249 |
| 1920s | 86 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,305 |
| 1930s | 40 | #3,055 (1930) | #3,683 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,124 (1942) | #4,124 |
| 1950s | 12 | #4,655 (1954) | #5,371 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 7 | #7,567 (1977) | #7,567 |
| 1980s | 701 | #992 (1986) | #1,953 |
| 1990s | 3,311 | #495 (1998) | #803 |
| 2000s | 4,008 | #587 (2000) | #688 |
| 2010s | 1,352 | #995 (2010) | #1,777 |
| 2020s | 316 | #2,580 (2020) | #3,344 |
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.
Savanah in 1996
girls
#562
415 births · 1 in 4,224 girls
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 4,224 of them was named Savanah, which outranked 96.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).