Savannah
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning grassy plain; treeless plain.
How Savannah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #38 |
| 2016 | #38 |
| 2017 | #38 |
| 2018 | #45 |
| 2019 | #54 |
| 2020 | #67 |
| 2021 | #68 |
| 2022 | #76 |
| 2023 | #92 |
| 2024 | #107 |
| 2025 | #135 |
Savannah by the numbers
In 2025, 211 babies in England and Wales were named Savannah. In the US, 5,231 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 7,099 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 280 American girls born that year was called Savannah.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Savannah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Savannatreeless plain or grassland534 in the US (2017)
- Savanahtreeless plain or grassland; alternate spelling of Savannah73 in the US (2017)
- Sevannah6 in the US (2017)
- Susannahlily; grace80 in the US (2017)
- Savanatreeless plain or grassland62 in the US (2017)
- Suzannahgraceful lily; variant of Susanna14 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Savannah
Names that are said the same way as Savannah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Savannah, 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 Savannah
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