Hulen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hulen

The Social Security Administration has registered 469 babies named Hulen between 1914 and 1959, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hulen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hulen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hulen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Hulen in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hulen 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 469 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.