Savana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-VAN-a
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Savana is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “treeless grassy plain”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Savana mean?
English: spelling of Savannah, an English word from Taíno via Spanish
“treeless grassy plain”
The word reached English from Spanish sabana, borrowed from the Taíno language of the Caribbean.
Is Savana a girl's or a boy's name?
Savana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Savana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Savana, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 18 girls.
2025 had more girls named Savana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Savana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 279 girls in the UK were given Savana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #212, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Savana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Savana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Savana, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 317 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Savana than any year since 1983.
Half of all the girls named Savana in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,405 girls in the US were given Savana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #146, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Savana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 83 | #2,256 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 97 | #2,003 |
| 2011 | 160 | #1,418 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,420 |
| 2008 | 212 | #1,200 |
| 2007 | 223 | #1,147 |
| 2006 | 279 | #938 |
| 2005 | 291 | #871 |
| 2004 | 272 | #895 |
| 2003 | 294 | #829 |
| 2002 | 278 | #836 |
| 2001 | 288 | #815 |
| 2000 | 317 | #731 |
| 1999 | 275 | #795 |
| 1998 | 238 | #887 |
| 1997 | 215 | #923 |
| 1996 | 178 | #1,040 |
| 1995 | 153 | #1,141 |
| 1994 | 106 | #1,484 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 1992 | 83 | #1,757 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Names like Savana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Saanvika, Anaya, Radhika, Aisha, Anika, Anvika, Anya, Akshara, Saanvi, Havana, Advika
Other spellings of Savana
Names related to Savana
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Savana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/savana, updated 20 October 2026.