Savanah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-VAN-a
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Savanah is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “treeless grassy plain”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Savanah 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 Savanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Savanah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Savanah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Savanah, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 girls.
2025 had more girls named Savanah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Savanah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. 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 Savanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #212, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Savanah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Savanah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Savanah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 512 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Savanah than any year since 1982.
Half of all the girls named Savanah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,405 girls in the US were given Savanah 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.
Savanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,580 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 126 | #1,685 |
| 2014 | 117 | #1,768 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2012 | 179 | #1,315 |
| 2011 | 223 | #1,105 |
| 2010 | 253 | #995 |
| 2009 | 304 | #898 |
| 2008 | 346 | #824 |
| 2007 | 420 | #693 |
| 2006 | 463 | #625 |
| 2005 | 407 | #682 |
| 2004 | 384 | #700 |
| 2003 | 419 | #637 |
| 2002 | 430 | #600 |
| 2001 | 397 | #635 |
| 2000 | 438 | #587 |
| 1999 | 431 | #578 |
| 1998 | 512 | #495 |
| 1997 | 498 | #498 |
| 1996 | 415 | #562 |
| 1995 | 428 | #549 |
| 1994 | 372 | #604 |
| 1993 | 275 | #753 |
| 1992 | 156 | #1,129 |
| 1991 | 124 | #1,324 |
| 1990 | 100 | #1,529 |
| 1989 | 93 | #1,529 |
| 1988 | 96 | #1,438 |
| 1987 | 130 | #1,136 |
| 1986 | 158 | #992 |
| 1985 | 110 | #1,239 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 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 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 14 | #690 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
Names like Savanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Savanah
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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, “Savanah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/savanah, updated 20 October 2026.