Culley — boys' name
80 babies named Culley in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Culley was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Culley in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Culley
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Culley between 1970 and 2015, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Culley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Culley performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Culley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Culley 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 80 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.
Culley at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Culley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1970
- Peak year (1971)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
80 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 11 births in a single year.
Culley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 37 births that decade — 46% of Culley's all-time total
Culley decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Culley's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1970–2015 (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.