# Tallulah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tallulah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Cherokee |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /təˈlu.lə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Talulah |
| US babies named this | 4,102 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,102 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,627, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cherokee Tallulah, name of a river in Georgia. See etymology section of Wikipedia article Tallulah River.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 1,632 |
| 2012 | 128 | 1,673 |
| 2013 | 148 | 1,500 |
| 2014 | 140 | 1,561 |
| 2015 | 159 | 1,453 |
| 2016 | 155 | 1,483 |
| 2017 | 185 | 1,280 |
| 2018 | 181 | 1,275 |
| 2019 | 189 | 1,243 |
| 2020 | 214 | 1,128 |
| 2021 | 249 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 262 | 1,002 |
| 2023 | 345 | 811 |
| 2024 | 341 | 815 |
| 2025 | 276 | 940 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 235 | 213 |
| 2012 | 221 | 229 |
| 2013 | 188 | 256 |
| 2014 | 182 | 265 |
| 2015 | 145 | 323 |
| 2016 | 175 | 287 |
| 2017 | 188 | 265 |
| 2018 | 188 | 260 |
| 2019 | 162 | 298 |
| 2020 | 173 | 275 |
| 2021 | 194 | 249 |
| 2022 | 177 | 260 |
| 2023 | 170 | 264 |
| 2024 | 191 | 254 |
| 2025 | 185 | 253 |

## People named Tallulah

- Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (1903–1968)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.