Girls' name · since 2000

Talulah

Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 566 babies named Talulah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#10,963 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,882 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
566
born since 2000
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Talulah is the #3882 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 566 recorded since 2000.

Talulah has 566 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3882 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.

  • #10,963 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #3,882 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 566 born since 2000
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talulah ranks #10,963 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,882 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 566 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.

#10,963 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,882 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
566
born since 2000
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%77.5%
Talulah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Talulah's 566 recorded births place it above 84.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Talulah compares

566 Top 43% higher than 57% 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

Talulah's all-time total is 51% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Talulah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 566 376 567,345
Peak-year births 58 21 19,840

Talulah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Talulah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 58, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Talulah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
58
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
020406080 200020052008201120142017202020232025 38

Talulah by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (261 births, 46% of the file).

2020s was Talulah's strongest decade.

261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Talulah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 261 births (46% of all-time use).

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

How Talulah compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Talulah's total volume

Talulah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%20%40%60%80% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -26, 6.2%-59, 4.6%-48, 5.3%-79, 4.4%-111, 5.5%-15, 60.7%-29, 7.3%-94, 7.8%-36, 9.5%-24, 8.1%-30, 5.5%-29, 7.4%-45, 5.6%-95, 4.8%-25, 9.4%Talulah-26, 10.2%Talulah
Talulah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Talulah by state

Where Talulah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Talulah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
37 6.5%
#2 North Carolina
5 0.9%
#3 New York
5 0.9%
California share of Talulah's total US births 6.5%
Even split

37 of 566 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Talulah?
566 babies have been named Talulah since 2000. All-time, it sits at #10,963 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #3,882 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2024 with 58 births.
Where does Talulah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talulah ranks #10,963 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,882 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 Talulah most popular?
Talulah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 261 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Talulah most popular?
The top states for the name Talulah are California (37 births), North Carolina (5 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Talulah been used?
Talulah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 26 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Talulah?
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 Talulah's data

  • California records the most Talulahs (37 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 Talulah: 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, 2000–2025 (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 Talulah 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.