Cullen — #1128 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cullen

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,394 babies named Cullen between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cullen currently holds the #1128 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 679 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cullen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,066 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cullen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,693 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Cullen in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cullen 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 16,394 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.