Savannah

Girl name

Savannah has been given to 191,736 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2000 and currently ranks #135 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /səˈvænə/

The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.

Origin: place names

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

191,736

Peak year

2000 (7,112 babies)

Rank in 2025

#135 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -61%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

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Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Savannah.

187,700 babies since 1880

200,521 babies since 1914

181,710 babies since 1922

207,630 babies since 1880

166,921 babies since 1971

160,347 babies since 1890

152,289 babies since 1956

149,135 babies since 1973

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