Baby Name Popularity Profile

Savannah

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Savannah.

✦ From the open plain 🌍 English, Spanish Nature Traditional
National Rank (2025) #135
All-Time Peak Rank #30 Achieved 2006
Total U.S. Births 191,514 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 0.1% Boy / 99.9% Girl Female Archetype
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2000s 7,100 births in 2000
πŸ’‘ The Savannah Vibe: Considered a Modern Trend. A contemporary choice reflecting current cultural naming rhythms and popularity brackets.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning From the open plain
Language Origin English, Spanish
Origin Type multiple
Derived from the Spanish word 'sabana', meaning 'treeless plain', which was adopted into English as a geographical term and subsequently as a given name.
Common Nicknames
Anna Vanna Savvy
Pronunciation: sa-VAN-ah
Themes & Categories
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Savannah across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -39.6%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -60.9%
2015: 5,469 births 5,469 2016: 5,389 births 2017: 5,255 births 2018: 4,769 births 2019: 4,186 births 2020: 3,545 births 3,545 2021: 3,486 births 2022: 3,052 births 2023: 2,759 births 2024: 2,499 births 2025: 2,141 births 2,141
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 7,100 births in 2000
Years in Top 100 31 yrs
Years in Top 500 66 yrs
Longest Streak 146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 285
1890s: 379
1900s: 445
1910s: 637
1920s: 681
1930s: 429
1940s: 392
1950s: 326
1960s: 170
1970s: 232
1980s: 8,714
1990s: 44,716
2000s: 64,757
2010s: 51,869
2020s: 17,482

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Sa-vann-ah
Letter Count 8 letters
Spelling Complexity Complex
Length Percentile Longer than 79% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 79.0% of SSA names. Starts with S, a letter used by only 7.9% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Nevada
Top States Nevada, Alaska, Utah, Florida, Arizona
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Nevada #213 1,509 2005 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska #131 549 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #192 2,933 1999 24.2% Decline
Florida #106 11,751 1996 29.5% Decline
Arizona #163 4,182 2007 43.7% Decline
Delaware #81 638 2006 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #80 8,695 1997 30.7% Decline
New Mexico Unranked 1,600 1998 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #147 6,187 1996 45.7% Decline
Georgia #113 8,088 1996 41.3% Decline
South Carolina #137 4,061 2000 40.0% Decline
Idaho #190 1,039 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #100 5,765 1999 36.3% Decline
Colorado #251 3,027 1999 46.9% Decline
Alabama #265 4,526 1996 64.8% Decline
Oregon #269 2,113 2000 44.0% Decline
Washington #217 3,754 2000 40.4% Decline
Kentucky #245 3,921 2000 58.7% Decline
Texas #172 16,533 2000 37.9% Decline
New Hampshire #147 671 2008 Insufficient historical volume
California #150 20,452 1996 39.6% Decline
Maryland #83 3,080 2007 31.0% Decline
Wyoming Unranked 270 2005 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #105 2,109 1999 3.6% Decline
Indiana #120 4,417 2007 39.6% Decline
Montana #250 549 2010 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia #137 1,603 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #111 7,929 2007 38.2% Decline
Mississippi #179 2,161 1999 54.5% Decline
Kansas #282 1,790 2000 52.0% Decline
Missouri #170 3,676 2003 19.6% Decline
Louisiana #161 2,976 1996 53.6% Decline
Vermont Unranked 283 2006 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #267 2,234 2000 63.6% Decline
Hawaii #207 471 1996 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #109 5,622 1997 36.8% Decline
Wisconsin #193 2,896 2000 38.3% Decline
Minnesota #184 2,632 2007 43.4% Decline
Connecticut #78 1,543 2020 58.2% Decline
Nebraska #291 1,017 2007 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island #146 491 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Maine #112 575 1997 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota #184 441 2003 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #82 3,489 2016 23.9% Decline
North Dakota #191 416 1997 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #101 6,422 2006 47.8% Decline
Massachusetts #151 2,756 2016 54.2% Decline
Illinois #120 5,475 2015 43.6% Decline
Iowa #257 1,430 2006 53.3% Decline
New York #132 7,519 2015 41.1% Decline
District of Columbia #142 234 2015 Insufficient historical volume

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