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Tallulah

“From the Tallulah River, Georgia; often glossed 'thundering waters', disputed” — Cherokee-associated place name (Georgia, US) origin

Girl's name · #940 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Tallulah is near its high-water mark: it reached #811 in 2023 and still ranked #940 in 2025. About 4,100 girls have carried it since 1917.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 6,700 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Tallulahs

• Tallulah Bankhead — actress
• Tallulah Greive — Scottish actress
• Tallulah Harlech — English model and actress
• Tallulah Haddon — actress, artist and model
• Tallulah Morton — Australian model

In stories & tradition

• Tallulah Black — Jonah Hex
• Tallulah — Little Ellen
• Tallulah Bankhead — Hollywood

What Tallulahs become

Among 18 notable people named Tallulah:

Entertainers appear 4.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tallulah Bankhead, actress.

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