Boys' name · since 1915
Culver
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.
- #14,159 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 164
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Culver is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 164 have been recorded since 1915.
Culver has 164 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2024.
- #14,159 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 164 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Culver ranks #14,159 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,159 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 164
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Culver's 164 recorded births place it above 68.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Culver's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Culver splits its recorded history at 1934: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Culver popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2024
- Peak year (1916)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Culver by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (37 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Culver's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Culver births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
32 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s
1930s
30 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 37 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Culver's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Culver: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1915–2024 (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 Culver 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.