Sava

Sava was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Sava as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sava as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Sava as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#8,910 (8)—#3,153 (5)
2024#6,469 (13)——
2023#6,897 (12)#4,992 (3)—
2022#5,874 (15)#4,790 (3)—
2021#6,698 (12)#3,990 (4)—
2020#10,605 (6)#4,608 (3)—
2019#8,215 (9)——
2018#6,703 (12)——
2017#9,696 (7)#3,449 (5)—
2016#8,816 (8)#4,023 (4)—
2015#10,644 (6)——
2014#10,717 (6)——
2013#6,241 (13)—#2,606 (5)
2012#8,864 (8)——
2011#7,502 (10)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #5,874.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sava is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 270,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SavaCanadaBoys#3,1535
SavaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SavaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SavaUSGirls—too few
SavaUSBoys#8,9108