Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Savanah was most popular in 1998, when 512 American babies were given the name — ranking #930 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,104 people named Savanah.
Savanah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 93 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,104 American births named Savanah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,596 are estimated to be alive today.
21 American babies were named Savanah in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.
Savanah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 50 births a year, against 153 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -67% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Savanah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 10,104 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,596 Americans named Savanah are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 19 and 30. That is a narrow band: Savanah arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org