Savanna

A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning treeless plain or grassland.

Babies a year
534
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1133
29 babies

How Savanna has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2023. Lower is more popular.
#437#649#860201520192023#794

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#503
2016#546
2017#563
2018#591
2019#623
2020#641
2021#628
2022#746
2023#794

Savanna by the numbers

In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Savanna. In the US, 534 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,501 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Savanna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
  • Savanatreeless plain or grassland62 in the US (2017)
  • Sovannagolden7 in the US (2017)
  • Sevanna6 in the US (2017)
  • Savanha5 in the US (2017)
  • Savonna5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Savanna

Names that are said the same way as Savanna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Savanahtreeless plain or grassland; alternate spelling of Savannah73 in the US (2017)
  • Savinaof the Sabines; wise woman36 in the US (2017)
  • Safinaa ship or vessel6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saveena7 in the US (2017)
  • Saphina5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Savanna, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
  • Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
  • Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
  • Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Savanna

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