Savannah

What Savannah means

From the word “savannah”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Savannah” (revision 93840967), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Savannah?

US: Falling: down from #38 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #129 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 7,000 girls got the name (#43 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 751 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,200 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 942 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (4.43 per 1,000 girls), AK (3.63 per 1,000 girls), ME (3.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Savannah is #135 in the US and #222 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Savannah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Savanna222 US · 29 E&W
• Savanah21 US · 7 E&W
• Savana21 US · 6 E&W
• Savanni23 US
• Sovanna5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Savannah

Girls

• Dakota#295“ally”^*
• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Mackenzie#228“son, descendant + of Coinneach”^*
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*

For a brother

• Dallas#238“dweller at the house in the dale”^*
• Hunter#130From the word “hunter”^*
• Cole#182“coal, coal-black”^*
• Connor#166“lover of hounds”^*
• Grant#228“big, large”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Savannah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.