Savannah
Savannah was given to 2,141 girls in 2025, #135 among girls’ names; 191,736 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 187,000 Americans named Savannah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 12 and 28.
Savannah came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1931 and returned in 1983.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Savannah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Savannah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Savannah is “a female given name transferred from the place name.”
Also “a female given name, from the word savannah.”
/səˈvænə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Savannah?
#135 among girls’ names, 2025
Savannah fell from #38 in 2015 to #135 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 3.1 to 1.3 per 1,000.
7,112 babies in 2000, the peak
Savannah peaked in 2000, when 7,112 babies were given it (7,100 girls, #37 among girls’ names). The 2,141 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,141 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 2,499 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2,759 | #92 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 3,052 | #76 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 3,486 | #67 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 3,545 | #67 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 4,186 | #54 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 4,769 | #45 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 5,255 | #38 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | 5,389 | #38 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,469 | #38 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 5,490 | #38 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 5,259 | #36 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 5,203 | #43 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 5,463 | #41 | 3.1 |
| 2010 | 5,386 | #44 | 3.0 |
| 2009 | 5,606 | #39 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 6,134 | #33 | 3.2 |
| 2007 | 7,051 | #30 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | 7,096 | #30 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | 6,484 | #35 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 5,814 | #41 | 3.2 |
| 2003 | 6,154 | #41 | 3.4 |
| 2002 | 6,581 | #39 | 3.7 |
| 2001 | 6,737 | #42 | 3.7 |
| 2000 | 7,100 | #37 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 6,806 | #42 | 3.8 |
| 1998 | 6,464 | #45 | 3.7 |
| 1997 | 6,580 | #47 | 3.8 |
| 1996 | 7,000 | #43 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 4,904 | #68 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 4,386 | #82 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 3,343 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1992 | 2,183 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1991 | 1,649 | #181 | 0.88 |
| 1990 | 1,401 | #205 | 0.74 |
| 1989 | 1,289 | #207 | 0.70 |
| 1988 | 1,314 | #199 | 0.74 |
| 1987 | 1,469 | #187 | 0.84 |
| 1986 | 1,809 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 1,321 | #201 | 0.77 |
| 1984 | 871 | #276 | 0.52 |
| 1983 | 434 | #466 | 0.26 |
| 1982 | 118 | #1,170 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,336 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,210 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,378 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,737 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,346 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,638 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,905 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,826 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,992 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,037 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,242 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,505 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,174 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,738 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,249 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,370 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,697 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 12 | #4,055 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,600 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,139 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,461 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,710 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,578 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,304 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,057 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,772 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,448 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,348 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,527 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,201 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 48 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 50 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 65 | #922 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 75 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 88 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 54 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 69 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 79 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 89 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 74 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 74 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 83 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 63 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 63 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 62 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 54 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 59 | #658 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 45 | #649 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 60 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 48 | #558 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 45 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 43 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 37 | #591 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 55 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 31 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 35 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 53 | #428 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 45 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1900 | 53 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 37 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 46 | #456 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 36 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 31 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 37 | #486 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 38 | #455 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 34 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 47 | #390 | 0.22 |
| 1891 | 40 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1890 | 33 | #460 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 33 | #428 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 37 | #410 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 33 | #376 | 0.23 |
| 1886 | 32 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 26 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 36 | #330 | 0.28 |
| 1883 | 27 | #353 | 0.24 |
| 1882 | 20 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 24 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1880 | 17 | #418 | 0.19 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Savannah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Savannah has been given almost only to girls: 222 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Savannah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Savannah, and how old are they?
187,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 191,736 Americans ever recorded as Savannah. The median Savannah alive today is 20 years old; half are between 12 and 28.
The 2020 Census counted 149,937 people named Savannah (149,749 women and girls, 188 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 170,673 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 216 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 441 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 327 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 32,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 99,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 53,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Savannah born?
The states with the most babies named Savannah are California, Texas and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 201 | #150 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 192 | #172 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 160 | #106 | 1.2× |
| New York | 122 | #132 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 115 | #80 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 97 | #101 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 94 | #111 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 89 | #82 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 84 | #113 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 79 | #120 | 0.7× |
Where Savannah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Savannah is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Savannah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 240,964 babies since 1880, Savannah is the most given (80% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,141 of their 2,405 babies (89%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Savannah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Savannah and names like it
- Compare Savannah and SavannaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sSavannah peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Savannah since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for Savannah: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Savannah.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Savannah alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.