Savvy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAV-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Savvy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “shrewd, knowing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Savvy mean?
English: English word; also a pet form of Savannah
“shrewd, knowing”
The word savvy comes from pidgin use of Spanish or Portuguese sabe, 'he knows'.
Is Savvy a girl's or a boy's name?
Savvy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Savvy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Savvy, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Savvy in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Savvy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Savvy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Savvy
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Savvy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/savvy, updated 20 October 2026.