NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Rare in the records
In the United States 0 2 4 6 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1934 per million babies of that sex 32 babies given this name since 1921 At its height in 1934, about 1 in 172,100 boys Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Savannah Girl From the word for a grassy plain, through Spanish sabana from the Taíno language, and from the city of Savannah,… Modern · peak 1996 Savanna Girl From the English word savanna 'tropical grassland', from Spanish sabana, from a Taíno word. Modern · peak 2000 Sven Boy From Old Norse sveinn 'boy, young man, servant'. Viking & Saxon · peak 2020 Svanhild Girl From Old Norse svanr 'swan' and hildr 'battle'. Viking & Saxon · forgotten Sofonisba Girl From Sophonisba, a Carthaginian noblewoman; a Punic origin is assumed but its meaning is uncertain. Renaissance · forgotten Zvonimir Boy From Slavic zvon 'bell, sound' and mir 'peace, world' (some scholars think -mir in old names first reflected… Middle Ages Savanah Girl Fading since the 1990s peak 1998 Savana Girl Fading since the 2000s peak 2000 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source 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.