Savon
Masculine
Savon is given to both — 1,726 boys and 66 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Savon belongs to the American -von family, and it is also the French word for soap — which is worth knowing before anyone else mentions it.
How old is the name Savon?
Savon first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Savon alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 1,700 people named Savon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Savon most popular?
Savon peaked in 1993, reaching #790 nationally. Today it ranks #4050, 3,260 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Savon
Ours, offered as ours. The -von and -vion endings were among the most productive in American naming from the 1970s onward, and they supplied a two-syllable shape with the weight at the end that English otherwise makes little use of in names. Savon belongs to that family. The French coincidence is real and unavoidable — savon is soap on every bottle in France — and it is better to know it in advance than to meet it later.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established for the given name. The construction is documented: a Sa- opening and a -von ending shared with Davon, Javon and Lavon. French savon means soap, from Latin sapo, and Savonnerie names a French carpet works; neither is the source.
Pronouncing Savon
suh-VON
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say SAY-von.
Nicknames for Savon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 1993179 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #790reached in 1993
- Change vs 2024
- −23.5%26 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Savon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Savon in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio.
Savons among us
people named Savon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was named Savon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Yoshio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Savon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yoshio climbed just as high around 1921, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yoshio's path sketches the road Savon is walking now.
Savon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Savon is headed
Savon looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 19% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Savon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Savon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Von is a complete short form in its own right.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- It belongs to a documented American naming tradition rather than standing alone.
- In French it is the ordinary word for soap, which French speakers will notice.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- Savon, Savion and Savonn are all in use and none is dominant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Savons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Savon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Savon in 2025?
- Savon ranks #4050 among US boy names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Savon?
- About 1 in every 65,695 US boys born in 2025 was named Savon — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Savon with classmates?
- Savon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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