Tallula
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ta-LOO-la
- Origin
- Native American
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Tallula is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Tallula mean?
Native American: spelling of Tallulah; from Tallulah Falls in Georgia, a place name of uncertain meaning
Popularised by the American actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), who was named after her grandmother.
Meaning borrowed from Tallulah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Tallula a girl's or a boy's name?
Tallula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tallula in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Tallula, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tallula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 210 girls in the UK were given Tallula or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #253, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Tallula in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Tallula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Tallula, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Tallula in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 353 girls in the US were given Tallula or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #763, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Tallula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
Nicknames for Tallula
Names like Tallula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Liyana, Ayra, Sienna, Amira, Maeva, Amara, Syeda, Hafsa, Khadija, Isla, Alara
Other spellings of Tallula
Names related to Tallula
More Native American names
Dakota, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna, Dakotah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tallula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tallula, updated 20 October 2026.