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.
Where Cullen is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#153 · 1 in 484
- Minnesota#180 · 1 in 778
- Louisiana#222 · 1 in 950
- West Virginia#284 · 1 in 1,397
- Wisconsin#309 · 1 in 1,595
Best ever in a state: #120 in Louisiana, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #153 | 8 | 1 in 484 |
| Minnesota | #180 | 36 | 1 in 778 |
| Louisiana | #222 | 26 | 1 in 950 |
| West Virginia | #284 | 6 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Wisconsin | #309 | 17 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Virginia | #367 | 20 | 1 in 2,086 |
| Pennsylvania | #388 | 25 | 1 in 2,390 |
| North Carolina | #392 | 22 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Ohio | #425 | 22 | 1 in 2,712 |
| Maryland | #447 | 10 | 1 in 2,748 |
| Massachusetts | #466 | 9 | 1 in 3,262 |
| Tennessee | #483 | 12 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Michigan | #505 | 15 | 1 in 3,199 |
| South Carolina | #511 | 7 | 1 in 3,030 |
| Mississippi | #519 | 5 | 1 in 2,697 |
| Alabama | #527 | 7 | 1 in 3,196 |
| Georgia | #573 | 15 | 1 in 3,579 |
| Texas | #587 | 44 | 1 in 4,097 |
| Kentucky | #588 | 5 | 1 in 4,441 |
| Missouri | #594 | 8 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Oklahoma | #606 | 6 | 1 in 3,523 |
| Colorado | #613 | 7 | 1 in 3,832 |
| Indiana | #646 | 8 | 1 in 4,457 |
| Florida | #659 | 20 | 1 in 4,670 |
| Washington | #740 | 7 | 1 in 5,095 |
| Illinois | #769 | 11 | 1 in 5,992 |
| New York | #811 | 16 | 1 in 6,405 |
| California | #1,475 | 11 | 1 in 20,639 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 219,343 of them was named Cullen, which outranked 37.9% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,000Zulma9
- #11,000Zyanne9
- #11,000Zyionna9
- #11,969Cullen8
- #11,969Aalaya8
- #11,969Aaleiyah8
- #11,969Aalisha8
- #13,150Aailyah7
- #13,150Aakriti7
- #13,150Aala7
Tied with 1,180 names at #11,969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 4,232 of them was named Cullen, which outranked 95.9% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).