Tallulah

Tallulah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“leaping water”
Origin
Native American
Say it
tuh-LOO-luh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Tallulah is generally linked to a Choctaw source and is commonly glossed as 'leaping water.' Its exact original form is not fully certain, but this is the standard accepted explanation.

How popular is Tallulah?

2024102 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tallulah in 2024339

2024 rank#815 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,819

Tallulah is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Tallulah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Winonafirstborn daughter · Native American
  • Cheyennepeople of a different speech · Native American
  • Aiyanaetymology uncertain · Native American
  • Xitlalistar · Native American
  • Denalithe high one · Native American
  • Shaniaon my way · Native American
  • Cheyannepeople of a different speech · Native American
  • Shyannepeople of a different speech · Native American

Tallulah questions

What does the name Tallulah mean?

Tallulah means "leaping water". It comes from Native American. Tallulah is generally linked to a Choctaw source and is commonly glossed as 'leaping water.' Its exact original form is not fully certain, but this is the standard accepted explanation.

Is Tallulah a boy or girl name?

Tallulah is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tallulah?

339 US babies were named Tallulah in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Tallulah?

Tallulah is usually pronounced tuh-LOO-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.