Baby Name Popularity Profile
Tallulah
Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Tallulah .
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National Rank (2025)
#940
All-Time Peak Rank
#811
Achieved 2023
Total U.S. Births
4,102
since 1880
Unisex Distribution
0.0% Boy / 100.0% Girl
Female Archetype
First Recorded
1917
Data through: 2025
Peak Decade
2020s
345 births in 2023
π‘ The Tallulah Vibe: Considered a Rising Star . A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.
π Meaning & Etymology
Primary Meaning
Leaping water
Language Origin
Other, Irish
Origin Type
multiple
Derived from the Choctaw word 'taloli' meaning 'leaping water'. It is also sometimes considered an Anglicized form of the Irish name Tuilelaith, meaning 'abundance' and 'lady'.
Common Nicknames
Lulu
Tally
Alternative Spellings
Talullah
Pronunciation:
tuh-LOO-luh
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Etymology confidence:
Medium
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π Popularity Over Time (1880 β 2025)
Annual registration volume (number of births) for Tallulah across 146 years of SSA data.
Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020β2025)
+29.0%
10-Year Trend (2015β2025)
+73.6%
2015: 159 births
159
2016: 155 births
2017: 185 births
2018: 181 births
2019: 189 births
2020: 214 births
214
2021: 249 births
2022: 262 births
2023: 345 births
2024: 341 births
2025: 276 births
276
2015
2020
2025
π Popularity Milestones
Busiest Year on Record
345
births in 2023
Years in Top 100
0 yrs
Years in Top 500
0 yrs
Longest Streak
31 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 11
1920s: 11
1930s: 61
1940s: 43
1950s: 31
1960s: 0
1970s: 6
1980s: 43
1990s: 61
2000s: 608
2010s: 1,540
2020s: 1,687
π Sound & Spelling Structure
Phonetic Syllables
Tal-lul-ah
Letter Count
8 letters
Spelling Complexity
Complex
Length Percentile
Longer than 79% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 79.0% of SSA names. Starts with T, a letter used by only 6.1% of SSA names.
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π Authentic State & Regional Rankings
Highest Ranking State
Georgia
Top States
Georgia, Oregon, California, Florida, Washington
States with Data
36
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