Talulah
Talulah was the 3896th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 38 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2887th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,341 places. More babies were named Talulah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Tallulah) from a Cherokee place name (meaning uncertain) · Cherokee
- Rank in 2025
- #3,896 girls, up 639 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 38girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202458 babies
- Total since 1880
- 566babies recorded
What does the name Talulah mean?
Talulah is a spelling of Tallulah, pronounced the same way, so it shares Tallulah's meaning and origin.
Tallulah comes from the Tallulah River and Tallulah Falls in north Georgia, a Cherokee place name, according to Wiktionary. Its meaning is uncertain. Name sites often call it a Choctaw word for 'leaping water', but we found no dictionary support for that. The name became known through the actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) of Alabama, who was named after her grandmother.
Tallulah (Cherokee, “river and falls name”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. The Cherokee origin of the place name is reported; its meaning is not established.
Other explanations you may read: Choctaw 'leaping water'.
Related names: Lula, Talulla.
See also: names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Tallulah', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Talulah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,896 | 38 |
| 2020 | #4,535 | 30 |
| 2010 | #5,957 | 23 |
| 2000 | #17,338 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Talulah, counting every spelling?
Talulah is a spelling of Tallulah, a name family that ranked #779 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,896 for Talulah on its own. Together these spellings went to 349 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallulah | 276 | #940 | 1,473 |
| Talulah | 38 | #3,896 | 231 |
| Talula | 19 | #6,298 | 113 |
| Talulla | 6 | #14,753 | 65 |
| Talullah | 10 | #10,034 | 54 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Talulah?
38 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Talulah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Talulah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 221 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Talulah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Talulah?
About 600 people born in the US named Talulah are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Talulah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Talulah by state
How common Talulah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Talulah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Talulah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Talulah
What does Talulah mean?
Talulah is a spelling of Tallulah, usually explained as “from a Cherokee place name (meaning uncertain)”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.
How popular is the name Talulah?
Talulah was the 3896th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 38 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2887th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,341 places. More babies were named Talulah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Talulah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Talulah in the US.
Where is Talulah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Talulah was most common in North Carolina (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and New York.