Savanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-VAN-a
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,085 for girls
Savanna is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “grassy plain”. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 1,085th for girls in the US (222 babies).
What does Savanna mean?
English: word for a grassy plain, via Spanish from Taino
“grassy plain”
From the word for a tropical grassland, borrowed via Spanish from the Taino language of the Caribbean.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Savanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Savanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 222 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Savanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Savanna, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 776th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 72 girls.
Half of all the girls named Savanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. 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 Savanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #212, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.
Savanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 52 | #776 |
| 2019 | 56 | #753 |
| 2018 | 58 | #744 |
| 2017 | 72 | #634 |
| 2016 | 56 | #767 |
| 2015 | 63 | #692 |
| 2014 | 63 | #692 |
| 2013 | 65 | #680 |
| 2012 | 72 | #637 |
| 2011 | 52 | #779 |
| 2010 | 60 | #682 |
| 2009 | 47 | #813 |
| 2008 | 63 | #648 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 44 | #772 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 37 | #814 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 46 | #651 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 33 | #766 |
| 1998 | 44 | #638 |
| 1997 | 48 | #606 |
| 1996 | 42 | #634 |
How popular is Savanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,085th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 222 about 1 in 7,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 222 girls in the US were named Savanna, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 641st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,502 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Savanna than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Savanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,405 girls in the US were given Savanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #146, up from #1,085 for this spelling alone.
Savanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 254 | #1,009 |
| 2023 | 358 | #787 |
| 2022 | 391 | #740 |
| 2021 | 472 | #628 |
| 2020 | 452 | #641 |
| 2019 | 482 | #622 |
| 2018 | 518 | #590 |
| 2017 | 541 | #562 |
| 2016 | 574 | #545 |
| 2015 | 632 | #503 |
| 2014 | 673 | #472 |
| 2013 | 694 | #441 |
| 2012 | 704 | #444 |
| 2011 | 929 | #344 |
| 2010 | 845 | #374 |
| 2009 | 1,007 | #328 |
| 2008 | 1,102 | #301 |
| 2007 | 1,414 | #246 |
| 2006 | 1,502 | #230 |
| 2005 | 1,271 | #257 |
| 2004 | 1,198 | #273 |
| 2003 | 1,318 | #247 |
| 2002 | 1,345 | #235 |
| 2001 | 1,379 | #229 |
| 2000 | 1,500 | #210 |
| 1999 | 1,389 | #232 |
| 1998 | 1,278 | #241 |
| 1997 | 1,196 | #246 |
| 1996 | 1,135 | #250 |
| 1995 | 1,001 | #273 |
| 1994 | 921 | #297 |
| 1993 | 780 | #336 |
| 1992 | 537 | #459 |
| 1991 | 432 | #542 |
| 1990 | 379 | #597 |
| 1989 | 334 | #629 |
| 1988 | 323 | #619 |
| 1987 | 402 | #517 |
| 1986 | 403 | #514 |
| 1985 | 279 | #654 |
| 1984 | 164 | #909 |
| 1983 | 99 | #1,260 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 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 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
Names like Savanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Ariana, Sophia, Aria, Syeda, Amara, Alora, Lucia, Sierra, Eliana, Piper, Esme
Other spellings of Savanna
Names related to Savanna
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, “Savanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/savanna, updated 20 October 2026.