Boys' name · since 2008
Savant
Savant has 59 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,453 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
59 babies have been named Savant since 2008, making it today's #9453 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Savant recorded 59 times among boys since 2008, holding rank #9453 nationally today, ahead of 32% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #21,031 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,453 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 59 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Savant ranks #21,031 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,453 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 59 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,453 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Savant's 59 recorded births place it above 53.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Savant compares
59 19th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Savant's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Savant | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 59 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Savant's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Savant's full recorded timeline at 2019, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Savant popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Savant by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (29 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Savant's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Savant births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 29 births (49% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Savant draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.