Savannah

Where Savannah comes from

The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Savannah
  • 3 syllables
Savannah through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among girls, with 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1971
    Savannah Guthrie born
    American journalist and attorney
  3. 1982
    Around this time: Savannah Smiles
    Film, 1982 · Source
    “An increase in usage since the 1980s has been attributed in part to the 1982 family film Savannah Smiles.”
  4. 1992
    Savannah Outen born
    American singer
  5. 2006
    Peak, #30
    7,096 babies named Savannah, its best rank.
  6. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #67.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name.
  • A female given name, from the word savannah.
Namesakes
  • Savannah Guthrie · American journalist and attorney, born 1971
  • Savannah Outen · American singer, born 1992
  • Savannah Sutherland · Canadian sprinter and hurdler, born 2003
  • Savannah Phillips · granddaughter of Anne, Princess Royal; great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II, born 2010
  • Savannah Marshall · British boxer, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).