Savanna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Savanna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Savanna: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #330 in 2012, and it stood at #407 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#330highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#608
1997	#571
1998	#607
1999	#752
2000	#993
2001	#898
2002	#620
2003	#742
2004	#804
2005	#680
2006	#770
2007	#987
2008	#668
2009	#783
2010	#647
2011	#744
2012	#654
2013	#663
2014	#668
2015	#686
2016	#790
2017	#648
2018	#745
2019	#724
2020	#749
2021	#918
2022	#940
2023	#981
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1603 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #608 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #330 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2008–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Savanna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,280 births with the name.

Savanna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Savanna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#608 (1996)	#571 (1997)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	1,280 (1996–2024)	64 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#606 (2001)	#474 (2012)	#747 (2022)	9 of 22	39 (2001–2022)	9 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2008)	#330 (2012)	#407 (2024)	6 of 17	20 (2008–2024)	5 (2012)

Savanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Savanna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	157	4 of 10	39
2000s	376	10 of 10	38
2010sbusiest	569	10 of 10	57
2020s	178	5 of 10	36

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 57 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 25, from 30 to 55.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Savanna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #330 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Savanna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#981	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#940	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#918	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#749	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#724	53	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#745	53	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#648	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#790	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#686	59	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#668	59	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#663	60	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#654	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#744	51	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#647	58	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#783	45	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#668	55	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#987	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#770	40	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#680	45	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#804	34	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#742	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#620	44	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#898	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#607	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#571	45	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#608	40	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #330, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Saulius · #229, 25y
Savanah · #894, 28y
Savannah · #37, 34y
Savannah-Rose · #1215, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cayla · #330, 24y
Kyro · #330, 24y
Paolo · #330, 31y
Ami · #331, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aaran · #330, 30y
Cade · #330, 30y
Caine · #330, 29y
Cayla · #330, 24y

Savanna was ranked #330 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Savanna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Savanna without appearing here.

Savanna moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2001 they stood at #898 and #898 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #620 and #1530.
Suzanne Compare
In 2001 they stood at #898 and #871 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #620 and #1317.
Brittany Compare
In 2001 they stood at #898 and #871 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #620 and #1245.
Joanne Compare
In 2009 they stood at #783 and #771 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #647 and #1040.

Moved ahead of Savanna

Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #981 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #952.
Clodagh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #981 and #1135 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #1036.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #981 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #1160.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #744 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #654 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Savanna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Savanna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Savanna went from #608 to #1603 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #330 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Savanna

Savanna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Savanna across 3 official records

Savanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Savanna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Savanna at a glance

Savanna across 3 official records

Savanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Savanna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Savanna

Savanna and the names beside it

Savanna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Savanna

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