Talula
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ta-LOO-la
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Talula is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Talula 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 Talula a girl's or a boy's name?
Talula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Talula in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Talula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Talula in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Talula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Talula, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Talula in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 353 girls in the US were given Talula or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #763, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Talula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Nicknames for Talula
Names like Talula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara Safa Sienna Amira Liyana Aria Dua Syeda Ayra Esme Ayla Alora
Other spellings of Talula
Names related to Talula
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, “Talula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talula, updated 20 October 2026.