Girls' name · since 2001

Talula

Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 417 babies named Talula, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#13,200 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,255 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
417
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade

Talula currently ranks #6255 among girls' names in America, with 417 babies recorded since 2001.

Talula has 417 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6255 as of the latest data, more common than 64% 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 2001 to 2025.

  • #13,200 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,255 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 417 born since 2001
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talula ranks #13,200 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,255 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 417 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.

#13,200 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,255 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
417
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%63.8%
Talula vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Talula's 417 recorded births place it above 81.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Talula compares

417 Top 48% higher than 52% of 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

Talula's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Talula Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 417 376 567,345
Peak-year births 37 21 19,840

Talula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Talula splits its recorded history at 2013: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 37 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Talula popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
37
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
010203040 2001200520092013201720212025 19

Talula by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (152 births, 36% of the file).

2010s was Talula's strongest decade.

152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Talula births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 152 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Talula by state

Where Talula concentrates geographically, total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Talula
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
30 7.2%
California share of Talula's total US births 7.2%

30 of 417 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Talula?
Since 2001, Social Security records show 417 babies named Talula. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #13,200 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #6,255 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 37 births.
Where does Talula sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talula ranks #13,200 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,255 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Talula most popular?
Talula was most popular in the 2010s decade with 152 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Talula most popular?
The top states for the name Talula are California (30 births).
How long has the name Talula been used?
The SSA has tracked Talula since 2001 -- 25 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Talula?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Talia, Taliyah, Tallulah, Talitha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Talula's data

  • Talula's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (152 total births) through the 2020s (137) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Talulas (30 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 Talula: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2025 (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 Talula 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.