How rare is the name Savanah?

9,297 people in the United States have the first name Savanah, about 1 in 32,487. It ranks #2,588 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAVANAH

#2,588

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,297
About
1 in 32,487
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,297 people named Savanah, 66.5% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Savanah peaked in 1998, when 512 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18842025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
512
In 2025*
21 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,104 babies have been given the name since 1884. 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.

Savanah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,233. The largest share of babies named Savanah, 60.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,85141
1890s#2,13053
1900s#2,40465
1910s#4,000106
1920s#5,80986
1930s#7,12540
1940s#11,8886
1950s#12,23212
1970s#22,3077
1980s#2,739701
1990s#1,2333,311
2000s#1,2594,008
2010s#2,8941,352
2020s#5,439316
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–9625.4%
Generation Z 1997–1260.4%
2013 and later10%

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 Savanah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Savanah has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Arizona (2.3×), and Colorado (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.33×).

7,680 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.

Either side of Savanah

#2,586 Valencia · 9,301#2,587 Bernadine · 9,298#2,589 Demi · 9,282#2,590 Breanne · 9,278

Spelled almost the same

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

#371 Savannah · 149,937#1,323 Savanna · 27,639#3,790 Savana · 5,231#10,533 Savina · 1,259#22,150 Sapana · 452#24,188 Savan · 400#37,052 Savannha · 212#41,276 Savann · 178

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