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Girl · Taíno, through Spanish and English
Savannah
Say it: suh-VAN-uh
Meaning
From the word for a grassy plain, through Spanish sabana from the Taíno language, and from the city of Savannah, Georgia.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rose quickly in the US from the 1980s, reaching the top 50 in the 1990s and 2000s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 177,605 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 250 girls
- 3,515 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Savanna, Savana
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.