# Savannah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/savannah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /səˈvænə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Savanna |
| US babies named this | 191,736 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 222 / 191,514 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,057, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,463 | 41 |
| 2012 | 5,203 | 43 |
| 2013 | 5,259 | 36 |
| 2014 | 5,490 | 38 |
| 2015 | 5,469 | 38 |
| 2016 | 5,389 | 38 |
| 2017 | 5,255 | 38 |
| 2018 | 4,769 | 45 |
| 2019 | 4,186 | 54 |
| 2020 | 3,545 | 67 |
| 2021 | 3,486 | 67 |
| 2022 | 3,052 | 76 |
| 2023 | 2,759 | 92 |
| 2024 | 2,499 | 108 |
| 2025 | 2,141 | 135 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 5,850 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,327 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,438 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,646 |
| 2004 | 36 | 2,872 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,553 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,418 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,802 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7,114 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,140 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,910 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,435 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,721 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,758 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8,065 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 390 | 144 |
| 2012 | 420 | 136 |
| 2013 | 403 | 133 |
| 2014 | 412 | 132 |
| 2015 | 447 | 129 |
| 2016 | 432 | 131 |
| 2017 | 501 | 108 |
| 2018 | 493 | 105 |
| 2019 | 414 | 123 |
| 2020 | 388 | 128 |
| 2021 | 355 | 141 |
| 2022 | 352 | 141 |
| 2023 | 284 | 179 |
| 2024 | 229 | 211 |
| 2025 | 211 | 222 |

## People named Savannah

- Savannah, American pornographic actress
- Savannah Guthrie, American journalist and attorney (born 1971)
- Savannah Outen, American singer
- Savannah Sutherland, Canadian sprinter and hurdler
- Savannah Marshall, British boxer (born 1991)
- Savannah DeMelo, American soccer player
- Savannah Gold, British former pornographic actress (1984-2011)
- Savannah Churchill, American musician (1920–1974)
- Savannah McCaskill, American soccer player
- Savanna Samson, American pornographic actress
- Mariah Williams, Australian field hockey player (1995-)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.