How rare is the name Savanna?

27,639 people in the United States have the first name Savanna, about 1 in 10,928. It ranks #1,323 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAVANNA

#1,323

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
27,639
About
1 in 10,928
This common or more
73.7%
Who bears it

Of the 27,639 people named Savanna, 70.5% reported their origin as White, 14.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Savanna peaked in 2006, when 1,502 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
1,502
In 2025*
222 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 32,989 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Savanna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #509. The largest share of babies named Savanna, 58.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#10,6457
1920s#10,82316
1950s#12,03613
1960s#12,55718
1970s#13,45438
1980s#1,4122,062
1990s#6169,048
2000s#50913,046
2010s#9346,592
2020s#1,4882,149
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9621.9%
Generation Z 1997–1258.8%
2013 and later19%

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 Savanna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Savanna has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Utah (2.6×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in South Dakota (0.43×).

31,403 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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