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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 1,500 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,974since 1916
Savanna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Savanna has never cracked the top 200 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,085 | 222 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,009 | 254 | — | |
| 2023 | #787 | 358 | — | |
| 2022 | #740 | 391 | — | |
| 2021 | #628 | 472 | — | |
| 2020 | #641 | 452 | — | |
| 2019 | #622 | 482 | — | |
| 2018 | #590 | 518 | — | |
| 2017 | #562 | 541 | — | |
| 2016 | #545 | 574 | — | |
| 2015 | #503 | 632 | — | |
| 2014 | #472 | 673 | — | |
| 2013 | #441 | 694 | — | |
| 2012 | #444 | 704 | — | |
| 2011 | #344 | 929 | — | |
| 2010 | #374 | 845 | — | |
| 2009 | #328 | 1,007 | — | |
| 2008 | #301 | 1,102 | — | |
| 2007 | #246 | 1,414 | — | |
| 2006 | #230 | 1,502 | — | |
| 2005 | #257 | 1,271 | — | |
| 2004 | #273 | 1,198 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #247 | 1,318 | — | |
| 2002 | #235 | 1,345 | — | |
| 2001 | #229 | 1,379 | — | |
| 2000 | #210 | 1,500 | — | |
| 1999 | #232 | 1,389 | — | |
| 1998 | #241 | 1,278 | — | |
| 1997 | #246 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1996 | #250 | 1,135 | — | |
| 1995 | #273 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1994 | #297 | 921 | — | |
| 1993 | #336 | 780 | — | |
| 1992 | #459 | 537 | — | |
| 1991 | #542 | 432 | — | |
| 1990 | #598 | 379 | — | |
| 1989 | #630 | 334 | — | |
| 1988 | #619 | 323 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #517 | 402 | — | |
| 1986 | #514 | 403 | — | |
| 1985 | #654 | 279 | — | |
| 1984 | #909 | 164 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,260 | 99 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
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| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
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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 2025
- 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
- New Jersey#535 · 1 in 2,536
- Kansas#578 · 1 in 2,362
- Minnesota#659 · 1 in 3,068
- Wisconsin#791 · 1 in 4,052
- Washington#811 · 1 in 4,123
Best ever in a state: #70 in Alaska, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #535 | 14 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Florida | #912 | 17 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| California | #1,111 | 23 | 1 in 7,031 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Texas | #1,268 | 20 | 1 in 8,027 |
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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
- 444 spots since 2020 (#641 → #1,085)
- Biggest jump: 351 spots in 1984
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 2024
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,552 (1916) | #3,552 |
| 1920s | 16 | #4,376 (1923) | #4,816 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 13 | #4,520 (1958) | #5,303 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,159 |
| 1970s | 38 | #6,340 (1977) | #7,030 |
| 1980s | 2,057 | #514 (1986) | #1,890 |
| 1990s | 9,048 | #232 (1999) | #347 |
| 2000s | 13,036 | #210 (2000) | #256 |
| 2010s | 6,592 | #344 (2011) | #490 |
| 2020s | 2,149 | #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.
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