Girls' name · since 2002
Tallula
199 babies named Tallula in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 199
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tallula currently ranks #9830 among girls' names in America, with 199 babies recorded since 2002.
Tallula has 199 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9830 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #19,878 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,830 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 199 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tallula ranks #19,878 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,830 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 199 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 199
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tallula's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tallula compares
199 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tallula's all-time total is 47% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tallula | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 199 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tallula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tallula's full recorded timeline at 2014, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tallula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Tallula by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Tallula's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Tallula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (39% of all-time use).
Tallula by state
Where Tallula concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 199 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tallula's data
- Tallula's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Tallulas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tallula: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tallula draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.