girls:
10k births since 1884
#1590 (72nd percentile)
overall:
10k births since 1884
#2666 (66th percentile)
The name Savanah is the #2,666 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,037 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 65.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,590 (72.2% percentile) for all time with 10,037 births since 1884.
Savanah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for girls in 1884). Birth data for Savanah is available in 91 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Savanah reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 48.6% percentile (ranked #450) with 264 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 264 births per million (ranked 48.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Savanah ranks #895 for girls (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 12.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Savanah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Savanah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Savanah is pronounced as suh-VA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-VUH-nuh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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