Culver — #9952 US boys' name
164 babies named Culver in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Culver was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Culver in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Culver
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Culver between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Culver currently holds the #9952 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Culver performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Culver shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Culver 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 164 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.
Culver at a glance
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Current rank
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Culver popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1916)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #9952 among boys.
164 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 12 births in a single year.
Culver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 37 births that decade — 23% of Culver's all-time total
Culver decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Culver's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1915–2024 (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.