Cullen
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,108 for boys in 2025, 194 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 679 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,591since 1880
Cullen over time
Rank among boys' names. Cullen has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,108 | 194 |
| 2024 | — | #1,126 | 189 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,003 | 219 | |
| 2022 | — | #901 | 258 | |
| 2021 | — | #745 | 342 | |
| 2020 | — | #688 | 370 | |
| 2019 | — | #650 | 411 | |
| 2018 | — | #590 | 464 | |
| 2017 | — | #519 | 556 | |
| 2016 | — | #546 | 529 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #570 | 492 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #604 | 447 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #574 | 447 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #549 | 474 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #472 | 568 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #413 | 679 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #485 | 562 |
| 2008 | — | #782 | 283 | |
| 2007 | — | #767 | 286 | |
| 2006 | — | #792 | 260 | |
| 2005 | — | #728 | 278 | |
| 2004 | — | #710 | 270 | |
| 2003 | — | #682 | 284 | |
| 2002 | — | #619 | 318 | |
| 2001 | — | #593 | 336 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #567 | 363 |
| 1999 | — | #565 | 353 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #535 | 374 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #505 | 405 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #517 | 392 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #509 | 400 |
| 1994 | — | #597 | 301 | |
| 1993 | — | #552 | 337 | |
| 1992 | — | #601 | 293 | |
| 1991 | — | #720 | 198 | |
| 1990 | — | #786 | 166 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #744 | 177 |
| 1988 | — | #742 | 162 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #756 | 146 |
| 1986 | — | #821 | 122 | |
| 1985 | — | #906 | 100 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #925 | 90 |
| 1983 | — | #891 | 97 | |
| 1982 | — | #950 | 89 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #882 | 102 |
| 1980 | — | #905 | 98 | |
| 1979 | — | #875 | 99 | |
| 1978 | — | #983 | 77 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,158 | 57 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #977 | 72 |
| 1975 | — | #1,099 | 58 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #923 | 77 |
| 1973 | — | #1,082 | 56 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,127 | 53 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,031 | 62 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,097 | 50 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,217 | 39 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,371 | 33 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,368 | 34 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,252 | 39 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,440 | 24 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,187 | 31 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,273 | 28 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,164 | 37 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,082 | 35 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,101 | 27 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cullen was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cullen
- 18 spots since 2024 (#1,126 → #1,108)
- 420 spots since 2020 (#688 → #1,108)
- 538 spots since 2015 (#570 → #1,108)
- Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1905 (#1,205 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1896 (#872 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2010 at #413 (679 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1978–2022
- Highest: 1 in 2,826 boys born in 2010 were named Cullen (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,805 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.5% of all boys named Cullen (5,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #640 (1880) | #787 |
| 1890s | 29 | #857 (1894) | #969 |
| 1900s | 33 | #836 (1905) | #1,021 |
| 1910s | 243 | #982 (1911) | #1,147 |
| 1920s | 308 | #1,086 (1921) | #1,350 |
| 1930s | 226 | #1,251 (1933) | #1,480 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,170 (1943) | #1,487 |
| 1950s | 250 | #1,280 (1959) | #1,566 |
| 1960s | 323 | #1,097 (1969) | #1,408 |
| 1970s | 647 | #875 (1979) | #1,067 |
| 1980s | 1,183 | #742 (1988) | #852 |
| 1990s | 3,219 | #505 (1997) | #589 |
| 2000s | 3,240 | #485 (2009) | #673 |
| 2010s | 5,067 | #413 (2010) | #549 |
| 2020s | 1,572 | #688 (2020) | #929 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cullen in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 250,430 of them was named Cullen, which outranked 33.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,581Zoraya8
- #9,581Zoua8
- #9,581Zykia8
- #10,567Cullen7
- #10,567Aaliyha7
- #10,567Aarianna7
- #10,567Aarionna7
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
Tied with 1,239 names at #10,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 4,832 of them was named Cullen, which outranked 95.1% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).