Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: DutchSavannah or Savanna is a feminine given name, taken from either the name of the city of Savannah, Georgia, or savanna, a large, grassy plain ecosystem. The name has been among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn American girls since 1983 and among the top 100 since 1993.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Savannah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
We drove through Savannah, Georgia on our honeymoon and ate at this place with Spanish moss hanging everywhere and the light was extraordinary. When our daughter was born three years later, we went back to that memory.
— Jordan, Greenville SC, 2016
Southern, long, rolls off the tongue. I grew up in Georgia and wanted something that honored where I came from without being a Confederate monument, if that makes sense.
— Ebony, Atlanta GA, 2019
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 17 | #418 |
| 1881 | 24 | #335 |
| 1882 | 20 | #417 |
| 1883 | 27 | #353 |
| 1884 | 36 | #330 |
| 1885 | 26 | #411 |
| 1886 | 32 | #384 |
| 1887 | 33 | #376 |
| 1888 | 37 | #410 |
| 1889 | 33 | #428 |
| 1890 | 33 | #460 |
| 1891 | 40 | #393 |
| 1892 | 47 | #390 |
| 1893 | 34 | #462 |
| 1894 | 38 | #455 |
| 1895 | 37 | #486 |
| 1896 | 31 | #547 |
| 1897 | 36 | #488 |
| 1898 | 46 | #456 |
| 1899 | 37 | #489 |
| 1900 | 53 | #465 |
| 1901 | 45 | #446 |
| 1902 | 53 | #428 |
| 1903 | 35 | #555 |
| 1904 | 31 | #626 |
| 1905 | 55 | #455 |
| 1906 | 37 | #591 |
| 1907 | 43 | #562 |
| 1908 | 45 | #560 |
| 1909 | 48 | #558 |
| 1910 | 60 | #532 |
| 1911 | 45 | #649 |
| 1912 | 59 | #658 |
| 1913 | 54 | #710 |
| 1914 | 62 | #734 |
| 1915 | 63 | #826 |
| 1916 | 63 | #865 |
| 1917 | 83 | #761 |
| 1918 | 74 | #841 |
| 1919 | 74 | #821 |
| 1920 | 89 | #773 |
| 1921 | 79 | #835 |
| 1922 | 69 | #884 |
| 1923 | 54 | #1,034 |
| 1924 | 88 | #796 |
| 1925 | 75 | #865 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,020 |
| 1928 | 65 | #922 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,028 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,158 |
| 1931 | 50 | #993 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,112 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 48 | #1,004 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,115 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,201 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,014 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,245 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,037 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,130 |
| 1941 | 48 | #1,062 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,527 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,398 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,349 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,502 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,310 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,595 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,449 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,392 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,521 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,863 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,619 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,327 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,632 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,058 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,304 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,580 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,712 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,461 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,138 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,601 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,847 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,697 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,371 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,250 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,739 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,173 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,505 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,241 |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,037 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,992 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,826 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,908 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,639 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,347 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,737 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,378 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,211 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,336 |
| 1982 | 118 | #1,170 |
| 1983 | 434 | #466 |
| 1984 | 871 | #276 |
| 1985 | 1,321 | #201 |
| 1986 | 1,810 | #155 |
| 1987 | 1,469 | #187 |
| 1988 | 1,314 | #199 |
| 1989 | 1,289 | #207 |
| 1990 | 1,401 | #205 |
| 1991 | 1,649 | #181 |
| 1992 | 2,184 | #143 |
| 1993 | 3,343 | #96 |
| 1994 | 4,386 | #82 |
| 1995 | 4,904 | #68 |
| 1996 | 7,000 | #43 |
| 1997 | 6,580 | #47 |
| 1998 | 6,464 | #45 |
| 1999 | 6,806 | #42 |
| 2000 | 7,101 | #37 |
| 2001 | 6,737 | #42 |
| 2002 | 6,581 | #39 |
| 2003 | 6,154 | #41 |
| 2004 | 5,814 | #41 |
| 2005 | 6,484 | #35 |
| 2006 | 7,096 | #30 |
| 2007 | 7,051 | #30 |
| 2008 | 6,132 | #33 |
| 2009 | 5,604 | #39 |
| 2010 | 5,383 | #44 |
| 2011 | 5,462 | #41 |
| 2012 | 5,202 | #43 |
| 2013 | 5,258 | #36 |
| 2014 | 5,488 | #38 |
| 2015 | 5,468 | #38 |
| 2016 | 5,388 | #38 |
| 2017 | 5,253 | #38 |
| 2018 | 4,767 | #45 |
| 2019 | 4,182 | #54 |
| 2020 | 3,543 | #67 |
| 2021 | 3,482 | #68 |
| 2022 | 3,049 | #76 |
| 2023 | 2,752 | #92 |
| 2024 | 2,490 | #107 |
