Boys' name · since 1917
Cullin
Cullin has 403 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 403
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cullin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 403 recorded since 1917.
Cullin has 403 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2020.
- #8,980 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 403 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cullin ranks #8,980 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 403 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,980 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 403
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cullin's 403 recorded births place it above 80.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cullin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cullin's full recorded timeline at 2003, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cullin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2020
- Peak year (2000)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Cullin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (156 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Cullin's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Cullin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
156 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 156 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Cullin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (156 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cullin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~103 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cullin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.