Tallulah
A girls’ name of Choctaw origin, meaning leaping water.
How Tallulah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2023 | #817 |
| 2024 | #815 |
| 2025 | #940 |
Tallulah by the numbers
In 2025, 185 babies in England and Wales were named Tallulah. In the US, 184 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tallulah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Talulahleaping water14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tallulaabundance of light; variant of tallulah7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tullulah4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Talularunning water16 in the US (2017)
- Talullahabundance of light; variant spelling of tallulah4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Talilah5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Tallulah
Names that are said the same way as Tallulah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Talullaleaping water; a variant of Tallulah10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Tallulah, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tallulah
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