Cullan — boys' name
329 babies named Cullan in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Cullan was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Cullan in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cullan
The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Cullan between 1980 and 2019, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cullan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cullan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cullan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cullan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 329 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cullan at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cullan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1980
- Peak year (1994)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
329 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 22 births in a single year.
Cullan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 119 births that decade — 36% of Cullan's all-time total
Cullan decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cullan's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.