Girl nameCurrently #107 in the USFalling
Savannah
suh-VAN-uh//səˈvænə//
3 syllablesPeak year: 20008 lettersStarts with S
Meaning & origin
Open grassy plain
Savannah refers to the flat, grassy plain landscape, a word that entered English via Spanish from a Taino word for treeless land, and it also names the historic city in Georgia. Warm and airy, it grew popular in the American South before spreading nationwide from the 1990s.
Savannah's popularity over time
| Year | Births named Savannah |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 17 |
| 1881 | 24 |
| 1882 | 20 |
| 1883 | 27 |
| 1884 | 36 |
| 1885 | 26 |
| 1886 | 32 |
| 1887 | 33 |
| 1888 | 37 |
| 1889 | 33 |
| 1890 | 33 |
| 1891 | 40 |
| 1892 | 47 |
| 1893 | 34 |
| 1894 | 38 |
| 1895 | 37 |
| 1896 | 31 |
| 1897 | 36 |
| 1898 | 46 |
| 1899 | 37 |
| 1900 | 53 |
| 1901 | 45 |
| 1902 | 53 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 31 |
| 1905 | 55 |
| 1906 | 37 |
| 1907 | 43 |
| 1908 | 45 |
| 1909 | 48 |
| 1910 | 60 |
| 1911 | 50 |
| 1912 | 59 |
| 1913 | 54 |
| 1914 | 62 |
| 1915 | 63 |
| 1916 | 63 |
| 1917 | 83 |
| 1918 | 74 |
| 1919 | 74 |
| 1920 | 89 |
| 1921 | 79 |
| 1922 | 69 |
| 1923 | 54 |
| 1924 | 88 |
| 1925 | 75 |
| 1926 | 54 |
| 1927 | 57 |
| 1928 | 65 |
| 1929 | 51 |
| 1930 | 42 |
| 1931 | 50 |
| 1932 | 42 |
| 1933 | 39 |
| 1934 | 48 |
| 1935 | 40 |
| 1936 | 36 |
| 1937 | 49 |
| 1938 | 35 |
| 1939 | 48 |
| 1940 | 42 |
| 1941 | 48 |
| 1942 | 30 |
| 1943 | 42 |
| 1944 | 34 |
| 1945 | 36 |
| 1946 | 35 |
| 1947 | 49 |
| 1948 | 35 |
| 1949 | 41 |
| 1950 | 44 |
| 1951 | 39 |
| 1952 | 32 |
| 1953 | 30 |
| 1954 | 40 |
| 1955 | 23 |
| 1956 | 43 |
| 1957 | 29 |
| 1958 | 25 |
| 1959 | 21 |
| 1960 | 21 |
| 1961 | 25 |
| 1962 | 17 |
| 1963 | 23 |
| 1964 | 13 |
| 1965 | 13 |
| 1966 | 15 |
| 1967 | 11 |
| 1968 | 14 |
| 1969 | 19 |
| 1970 | 30 |
| 1971 | 21 |
| 1972 | 22 |
| 1973 | 23 |
| 1974 | 17 |
| 1975 | 17 |
| 1976 | 19 |
| 1977 | 23 |
| 1978 | 20 |
| 1979 | 40 |
| 1980 | 46 |
| 1981 | 43 |
| 1982 | 118 |
| 1983 | 440 |
| 1984 | 871 |
| 1985 | 1,326 |
| 1986 | 1,817 |
| 1987 | 1,469 |
| 1988 | 1,323 |
| 1989 | 1,294 |
| 1990 | 1,401 |
| 1991 | 1,649 |
| 1992 | 2,184 |
| 1993 | 3,349 |
| 1994 | 4,395 |
| 1995 | 4,914 |
| 1996 | 7,009 |
| 1997 | 6,580 |
| 1998 | 6,469 |
| 1999 | 6,806 |
| 2000 | 7,113 |
| 2001 | 6,743 |
| 2002 | 6,587 |
| 2003 | 6,160 |
| 2004 | 5,850 |
| 2005 | 6,494 |
| 2006 | 7,104 |
| 2007 | 7,060 |
| 2008 | 6,144 |
| 2009 | 5,609 |
| 2010 | 5,388 |
| 2011 | 5,462 |
| 2012 | 5,202 |
| 2013 | 5,258 |
| 2014 | 5,488 |
| 2015 | 5,475 |
| 2016 | 5,388 |
| 2017 | 5,262 |
| 2018 | 4,772 |
| 2019 | 4,182 |
| 2020 | 3,543 |
| 2021 | 3,492 |
| 2022 | 3,049 |
| 2023 | 2,752 |
| 2024 | 2,490 |
Savannah through the decades
- Savannah peaked in 2000, when 7,113 babies were named Savannah in the US.
- Over the last 10 years of data (2015–2024), use of Savannah has fallen 32% compared to the 10 years before that.
- Savannah currently ranks #107 in the US and is cooling off.
Nicknames
VannahSavvy
Variants & spellings
Savanna
Famous people named Savannah
- Savannah Guthrie — television journalist