Meaning not yet researched.
Savannah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,141 in 2025. Its best rank was #30 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #30 in 2007; #135 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Savannah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#135 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #30.
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Savannah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,141 girls in 2025. Peak: #30 in 2007 · most girls in one year: 7,100 (2000).
In 2025, 2,141 US girls were named Savannah, making it the 135th most common girls’ name of the year, down 27 places from #108 in 2024. That is 358 fewer than the 2,499 girls named Savannah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #30, reached in 2007. The most girls given the name in a single year was 7,100, in 2000. For comparison, it was #38 in 2015 and #1,392 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Savannah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 191,736 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 64,867 babies named Savannah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 37,081 US girls were named Savannah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,389. In 2025 that was about 1 in 751 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Savannah ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #78 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 6 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Savanna (32,989 babies since 1880), Savanah (10,104 babies since 1880) and Savana (5,436 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Savonna, Zavannah and Sahvanna are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Anna, Savanna and Vannie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Savonna (176), Zavannah (170), Sahvanna (164), Savahna (132), Savannaha (129), Sahvannah (73), Savonnah (55), Savanaha (30), Zavanna (30), Zavanah (5), Savianna (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 33 | #78 | #49 |
| North Carolina | 115 | #80 | #28 |
| Delaware | 10 | #81 | #9 |
| New Jersey | 89 | #82 | #34 |
| Maryland | 49 | #83 | #34 |
| Virginia | 72 | #100 | #20 |
| Pennsylvania | 97 | #101 | #27 |
| Arkansas | 27 | #105 | #52 |
| Florida | 160 | #106 | #27 |
| Michigan | 72 | #109 | #38 |
| Ohio | 94 | #111 | #33 |
| Maine | 10 | #112 | #66 |
| Georgia | 84 | #113 | #45 |
| Indiana | 55 | #120 | #61 |
| Illinois | 79 | #120 | #47 |
| Alaska | 6 | #131 | #50 |
| New York | 122 | #132 | #32 |
| West Virginia | 12 | #137 | #57 |
| South Carolina | 33 | #137 | #28 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #142 | #50 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #146 | #57 |
| Tennessee | 51 | #147 | #41 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #147 | #43 |
| California | 201 | #150 | #57 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | #151 | #36 |
| Louisiana | 26 | #161 | #55 |
| Arizona | 40 | #163 | #51 |
| Missouri | 37 | #170 | #50 |
| Texas | 192 | #172 | #58 |
| Mississippi | 15 | #179 | #62 |
| Minnesota | 30 | #184 | #56 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #184 | #150 |
| Idaho | 12 | #190 | #105 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #191 | #68 |
| Utah | 25 | #192 | #53 |
| Wisconsin | 29 | #193 | #50 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #207 | #221 |
| Nevada | 13 | #213 | #70 |
| Washington | 34 | #217 | #50 |
| Kentucky | 19 | #245 | #48 |
| Montana | 5 | #250 | #61 |
| Colorado | 26 | #251 | #63 |
| Iowa | 14 | #257 | #85 |
| Alabama | 19 | #265 | #41 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #267 | #55 |
| Oregon | 14 | #269 | #53 |
| Kansas | 12 | #282 | #52 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #291 | #62 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,141 | #135 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,499 | #108 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,759 | #92 | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,052 | #76 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,486 | #67 | 10 | #8,065 |
| 2020 | 3,545 | #67 | — | — |
| 2019 | 4,186 | #54 | — | — |
| 2018 | 4,769 | #45 | 5 | #13,758 |
| 2017 | 5,255 | #38 | 9 | #8,721 |
| 2016 | 5,389 | #38 | — | — |
| 2015 | 5,469 | #38 | 7 | #10,435 |
| 2014 | 5,490 | #38 | — | — |
| 2013 | 5,259 | #36 | — | — |
| 2012 | 5,203 | #43 | — | — |
| 2011 | 5,463 | #41 | — | — |
| 2010 | 5,386 | #44 | 5 | #13,910 |
| 2009 | 5,606 | #39 | 5 | #14,140 |
| 2008 | 6,134 | #33 | 12 | #7,114 |
| 2007 | 7,051 | #30 | 9 | #8,802 |
| 2006 | 7,096 | #30 | 8 | #9,418 |
| 2005 | 6,484 | #35 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2004 | 5,814 | #41 | 36 | #2,872 |
| 2003 | 6,154 | #41 | 6 | #10,646 |
| 2002 | 6,581 | #39 | 6 | #10,438 |
| 2001 | 6,737 | #42 | 6 | #10,327 |
| 2000 | 7,100 | #37 | 12 | #5,850 |
| 1999 | 6,806 | #42 | — | — |
| 1998 | 6,464 | #45 | 5 | #11,014 |
| 1997 | 6,580 | #47 | — | — |
| 1996 | 7,000 | #43 | 9 | #6,398 |
| 1995 | 4,904 | #68 | 10 | #5,832 |
| 1994 | 4,386 | #82 | 9 | #6,258 |
| 1993 | 3,343 | #96 | 6 | #8,521 |
| 1992 | 2,183 | #143 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,649 | #181 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,401 | #205 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,289 | #207 | 5 | #9,000 |
| 1988 | 1,314 | #199 | 9 | #5,146 |
| 1987 | 1,469 | #187 | — | — |
| 1986 | 1,809 | #155 | 7 | #5,826 |
| 1985 | 1,321 | #201 | 5 | #7,398 |
| 1984 | 871 | #276 | — | — |
| 1983 | 434 | #466 | 6 | #6,086 |
| 1982 | 118 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,336 | — | — |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,210 | — | — |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,378 | — | — |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,737 | — | — |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,347 | — | — |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,639 | — | — |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,907 | — | — |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,827 | — | — |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,992 | — | — |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,037 | — | — |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,242 | — | — |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,505 | — | — |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,175 | — | — |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,739 | — | — |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,250 | — | — |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,371 | — | — |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,698 | — | — |
| 1964 | 12 | #4,056 | — | — |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,601 | — | — |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,140 | — | — |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,462 | — | — |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,711 | — | — |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,579 | — | — |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,305 | — | — |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,058 | — | — |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,632 | — | — |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,327 | — | — |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,619 | — | — |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,863 | — | — |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,773 | — | — |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,521 | — | — |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,392 | — | — |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,449 | — | — |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,595 | — | — |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,310 | — | — |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,502 | — | — |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,349 | — | — |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,398 | — | — |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,269 | — | — |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,527 | — | — |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,130 | — | — |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,245 | — | — |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,014 | — | — |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,201 | — | — |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 1934 | 48 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 1931 | 50 | #993 | — | — |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,158 | — | — |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1928 | 65 | #922 | — | — |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1925 | 75 | #865 | — | — |
| 1924 | 88 | #796 | — | — |
| 1923 | 54 | #1,034 | — | — |
| 1922 | 69 | #884 | — | — |
| 1921 | 79 | #835 | — | — |
| 1920 | 89 | #773 | — | — |
| 1919 | 74 | #821 | — | — |
| 1918 | 74 | #841 | — | — |
| 1917 | 83 | #761 | — | — |
| 1916 | 63 | #865 | — | — |
| 1915 | 63 | #826 | — | — |
| 1914 | 62 | #734 | — | — |
| 1913 | 54 | #710 | — | — |
| 1912 | 59 | #658 | — | — |
| 1911 | 45 | #649 | 5 | #1,957 |
| 1910 | 60 | #532 | — | — |
| 1909 | 48 | #558 | — | — |
| 1908 | 45 | #560 | — | — |
| 1907 | 43 | #562 | — | — |
| 1906 | 37 | #591 | — | — |
| 1905 | 55 | #455 | — | — |
| 1904 | 31 | #626 | — | — |
| 1903 | 35 | #555 | — | — |
| 1902 | 53 | #428 | — | — |
| 1901 | 45 | #446 | — | — |
| 1900 | 53 | #465 | — | — |
| 1899 | 37 | #489 | — | — |
| 1898 | 46 | #456 | — | — |
| 1897 | 36 | #488 | — | — |
| 1896 | 31 | #547 | — | — |
| 1895 | 37 | #486 | — | — |
| 1894 | 38 | #455 | — | — |
| 1893 | 34 | #462 | — | — |
| 1892 | 47 | #390 | — | — |
| 1891 | 40 | #393 | — | — |
| 1890 | 33 | #460 | — | — |
| 1889 | 33 | #428 | — | — |
| 1888 | 37 | #410 | — | — |
| 1887 | 33 | #376 | — | — |
| 1886 | 32 | #384 | — | — |
| 1885 | 26 | #411 | — | — |
| 1884 | 36 | #330 | — | — |
| 1883 | 27 | #353 | — | — |
| 1882 | 20 | #417 | — | — |
| 1881 | 24 | #335 | — | — |
| 1880 | 17 | #418 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).