Cullen

Where Cullen comes from

From Scottish Gaelic cuilinn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cullen
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1981
    Cullen Moss born
    American actor
  3. 1984
    Cullen Jones born
    American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
  4. 2010
    Peak, #413
    679 babies named Cullen — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #901.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Cullen Jones · American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1984
  • Cullen Moss · American actor, born 1981
  • Cullen Landis · American actor, director, 1895–1975
  • Cullen Bunn · American writer, born 1971
  • Cullen Douglas · American actor and screenwriter, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.