Savannah

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Savannah 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

Savannah first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 447 babies (rank #129 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Savannah

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.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,830

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

447

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Other girls' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	230	#193
1997	230	#189
1998	210	#205
1999	193	#214
2000	193	#218
2001	176	#226
2002	159	#250
2003	195	#232
2004	165	#262
2005	191	#238
2006	224	#215
2007	249	#208
2008	302	#175
2009	297	#177
2010	312	#168
2011	390	#145
2012	420	#136
2013	403	#133
2014	412	#134
2015	447	#129
2016	432	#131