Savannah: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced suh-VAN-uh · 3 syllables

Savannah means “open grassy plain”, from Spanish.

The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.

How popular is Savannah?

Savannah was the #135 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,141 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 49% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Savannah in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Savannah are older than 26; most are between 18 and 39. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Savannah have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Savannah means “open grassy plain”. It comes from Spanish.

Savannah is pronounced suh-VAN-uh.

Savannah was the #135 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,141 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 49% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Savannah are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 39.