girl's name

Savana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 6,677

Scotland

#881

2015 births

Savana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 317 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 157,878 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1911.

Savana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,619
'10 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Savana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 10
1980s 257
1990s 1,474
2000s 2,619
2010s 876
2020s (to 2025) 200

How popular is Savana?

In 2025, Savana was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Savana is used

Scotland #881 3 in 2015
Canada #3,678 5 in 2024
England & Wales #3,919 6 in 2025
United States #5,769 21 in 2025
France #6,141 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Savana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Savana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Savana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Savana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Savana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Savana

How popular is the name Savana?

In 2025, Savana was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Savana a girl's or a boy's name?

Savana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Savana most popular?

Savana peaked in 2000, when 317 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Savana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Savana currently ranks #3,678 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.