Meaning and history
Savannah is a name derived from the English word for a large grassy plain, ultimately from the Taíno word sabana. It began to be used as a given name in America in the 19th century and was revived in the 1980s by the 1982 film Savannah Smiles.
20062006: 7,096 births, rank #30
2007: 7,051 births, rank #30
2008: 6,134 births, rank #33
2009: 5,606 births, rank #39
2010: 5,386 births, rank #44
20112011: 5,463 births, rank #41
2012: 5,203 births, rank #43
2013: 5,259 births, rank #36
2014: 5,490 births, rank #38
2015: 5,469 births, rank #38
20162016: 5,389 births, rank #38
2017: 5,255 births, rank #38
2018: 4,769 births, rank #45
2019: 4,186 births, rank #54
2020: 3,545 births, rank #67
20212021: 3,486 births, rank #67
2022: 3,052 births, rank #76
2023: 2,759 births, rank #92
2024: 2,499 births, rank #108
20252025: 2,141 births, rank #135
Savannah moved from #108 to #135 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2000, with 7,100 births.