How rare is the name Savannah?

149,937 people in the United States have the first name Savannah, about 1 in 2,014. It ranks #371 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAVANNAH

#371

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
149,937
About
1 in 2,014
This common or more
52.9%
Who bears it

Of the 149,937 people named Savannah, 70.6% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Savannah peaked in 2000, when 7,112 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
7,112
In 2025*
2,141 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 191,736 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Savannah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #104. The largest share of babies named Savannah, 52.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#695285
1890s#729379
1900s#810445
1910s#1,372642
1920s#1,644681
1930s#1,980429
1940s#2,345392
1950s#3,039326
1960s#4,785170
1970s#4,872232
1980s#5508,746
1990s#16544,755
2000s#10464,867
2010s#11351,895
2020s#21717,492
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9617.5%
Generation Z 1997–1252.6%
2013 and later27.8%

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 Savannah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Savannah has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Alaska (2.1×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.27×).

188,531 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 Savannah

#368 Sofia · 151,654#370 Landon · 151,003#372 Joann · 149,035#373 Rafael · 148,942

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,323 Savanna · 27,639#2,588 Savanah · 9,297#3,790 Savana · 5,231#37,052 Savannha · 212#38,650 Savonna · 198#41,276 Savann · 178#41,689 Savhanna · 175#42,763 Savanha · 167

Also a last name

As a last name, Savannah ranks #38,482 of 156,621, with 619 people. See Savannah as a last name

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