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Girls' name · peaked in 1996

Savannah name popularity since 1925

189,606 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Savannah. Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Savannah is about 20 years old in 2026. Savannah peaked in 1996 as the #43 name for girls, and it ranked #135 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
189,606
Named Savannah, 1925–2025
Peak year
1996
#43 for girls that year
Typical age
About 20
Median birth year 2006
In 2025
#135
for girls in 2025 (2,141 babies)
Girls / boys
99.9% girls
189,389 girls · 217 boys
Most popular in
Nevada
2.23× its national share

Peak year is the year Savannah 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.

Savannah births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Savannah per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 2000. Measured as a share of all babies, Savannah peaked in 1996.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1982 and 1987, Savannah became 12× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 1,180.
  • Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 456 to 1 in 751.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Savannah's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Savannah.

Decade by decade

Babies named Savannah in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 3020 –
1930s 4290 #1,115
1940s 3920 #1,349
1950s 3260 #2,327
1960s 1700 #3,698
1970s 2320 #3,907
1980s 8,71432 #201
1990s 44,71639 #68
2000s 64,757110 #35
2010s 51,86926 #38
2020–25 17,48210 #135

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

53.2% of babies named Savannah from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Savannah by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 0.1% Silent Generation born 1928–45 0.4% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 0.3% Gen X born 1965–80 0.2% Millennials born 1981–96 17.7% Gen Z born 1997–2012 53.2% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 28.1%

Where Savannah is most popular

The index compares Savannah'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 Savannah.

StateIndexBabies
Nevada2.23×1,509
Alaska1.94×549
Utah1.81×2,933
Florida1.71×11,746
Arizona1.70×4,182

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Savannah and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

SpellingGirlsPeak year
Savannah (this page) 189,389 1996
Savanna 32,956 2000
Savanah 9,788 1998

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Savannah's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Savannah.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Savannah (1996).

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