Savva
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Savva is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Savva mean?
Greek
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Σάββα (Sávva).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Savva a girl's or a boy's name?
Savva is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Savva in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Savva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Savva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Savva, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Savva in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Savva in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Savva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Shivansh, Aarav, Ezra, Bodhi, Vihaan, Krishiv, Xander, Gurbaaz, Avyaan, Yusha, Yuvraj
Names related to Savva
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Savva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/savva, updated 20 October 2026.