How rare is the name Savana?

5,231 people in the United States have the first name Savana, about 1 in 57,739. It ranks #3,790 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SAVANA

#3,790

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,231
About
1 in 57,739
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,231 people named Savana, 68.9% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Savana peaked in 2000, when 317 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
317
In 2025*
21 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,436 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Savana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,683. The largest share of babies named Savana, 69.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#10,10610
1980s#5,414257
1990s#2,0901,474
2000s#1,6832,619
2010s#3,888876
2020s#7,379200
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Millennials 1981–9618.5%
Generation Z 1997–1269.2%
2013 and later12.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Savana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Savana has been most common in Utah (2.7×), Arizona (2.3×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.57×).

3,441 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Savana

1 other first name also has 5,231 people.

#3,790 Koby · 5,231

Either side of Savana

#3,789 Eman · 5,233#3,790 Koby · 5,231#3,792 Emmie · 5,227#3,793 Dori · 5,223

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Savana, most common first.

#1,323 Savanna · 27,639#2,588 Savanah · 9,297#10,533 Savina · 1,259#22,150 Sapana · 452#24,188 Savan · 400#41,276 Savann · 178#42,346 Sabana · 170#42,763 Savanha · 167

Also a last name

As a last name, Savana ranks #142,049 of 156,621, with 120 people. See Savana as a last name

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