Savanah
Variant of Savannah, from savanna, a term for treeless grassland that Spanish borrowed from the Taino word zavana and passed on into English.
Savanah in 2025
Savanah was given to 21 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 10,217th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 157,873 babies born.
The history of Savanah
Savanah reached its highest point in 1998, when 512 babies were given the name, ranking 933rd that year.
Across the 142 years of records since 1884, 10,104 babies have been named Savanah. Half of them were born before 2001, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Savanah by decade
| Decade | Babies named Savanah | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | 1,253 |
| 1890s | 53 | 1,924 |
| 1900s | 65 | 1,848 |
| 1910s | 106 | 2,717 |
| 1920s | 86 | 4,702 |
| 1930s | 40 | 5,656 |
| 1940s | 6 | 7,203 |
| 1950s | 12 | 7,667 |
| 1970s | 7 | 12,134 |
| 1980s | 701 | 1,656 |
| 1990s | 3,311 | 933 |
| 2000s | 4,008 | 1,098 |
| 2010s | 1,352 | 1,825 |
| 2020s | 316 | 4,578 |
Where Savanah is heading
Savanah has fallen 83% over the past decade, from 126 babies in 2015 to 21 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1998 peak — Savanah is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Savanah
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Savanah.