Kullen — #5134 US boys' name
776 babies named Kullen in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Kullen was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Kullen in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kullen
The Social Security Administration has registered 776 babies named Kullen between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kullen currently holds the #5134 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kullen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kullen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Kullen in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kullen 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 776 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.
Kullen at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kullen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2012)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #5134 among boys.
776 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 64 births in a single year.
Kullen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 408 births that decade — 53% of Kullen's all-time total
Kullen decade highlights
- Peak decade 408 births
- Runner-up 154 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kullen's strongest decade
408 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Kullen by state
Where Kullen concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 73 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 39 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
73 of 776 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 9.4% of nationwide
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.6% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.