Girls' name · peaked in 2000
Savanna name popularity since 1925
32,971 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Savanna. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Savanna is about 23 years old in 2026. Savanna peaked in 2000 as the #210 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,971
- Named Savanna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,090 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 32,956 girls · 15 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Savanna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Savanna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2006. Measured as a share of all babies, Savanna peaked in 2000.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Savanna became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 5,010 baby girls to 1 in 1,760.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 3,580 to 1 in 7,240.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Savanna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Savanna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Savanna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 13 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 18 | 0 | #6,384 |
| 1970s | 38 | 0 | #7,782 |
| 1980s | 2,057 | 5 | #656 |
| 1990s | 9,048 | 0 | #273 |
| 2000s | 13,036 | 10 | #258 |
| 2010s | 6,592 | 0 | #503 |
| 2020–25 | 2,149 | 0 | #1,090 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.8% of babies named Savanna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Savanna is most popular
The index compares Savanna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Savanna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.48× | 672 |
| Arizona | 1.97× | 811 |
| Colorado | 1.68× | 657 |
| Florida | 1.65× | 1,899 |
| Oregon | 1.44× | 429 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Savanna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Savanna (this page) | 32,956 | 2000 |
| Savannah | 189,389 | 1996 |
| Savana | 5,426 | 2000 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Savanna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Savanna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Savanna (2000).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data