Cullen
Boy · KUL-en · Irish
Cullen is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “holly”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,108th for boys in the US (194 babies).
What does Cullen mean?
Irish: Irish surname Ó Cuilinn, from cuileann, holly; also a Scottish place name
“holly”
Also a Scottish place name: the fishing town of Cullen in Moray gave its name to the soup Cullen skink.
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Is Cullen a girl's or a boy's name?
Cullen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 194 boys in the US.
How popular is Cullen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Cullen, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 30 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cullen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Cullen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,014 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Cullen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,108among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 194about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 194 boys in the US were named Cullen, making it the 1,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 688th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 679 boys. 6 girls were also named Cullen in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cullen in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 208 boys in the US were given Cullen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #969, up from #1,108 for this spelling alone.
- Cullen 194
- Kullen 14
Cullen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 194 | #1,108 |
| 2024 | 189 | #1,126 |
| 2023 | 219 | #1,003 |
| 2022 | 258 | #901 |
| 2021 | 342 | #745 |
| 2020 | 370 | #688 |
| 2019 | 411 | #650 |
| 2018 | 464 | #590 |
| 2017 | 556 | #519 |
| 2016 | 529 | #546 |
| 2015 | 492 | #570 |
| 2014 | 447 | #604 |
| 2013 | 447 | #574 |
| 2012 | 474 | #549 |
| 2011 | 568 | #472 |
| 2010 | 679 | #413 |
| 2009 | 562 | #485 |
| 2008 | 283 | #782 |
| 2007 | 286 | #767 |
| 2006 | 260 | #792 |
| 2005 | 278 | #728 |
| 2004 | 270 | #710 |
| 2003 | 284 | #682 |
| 2002 | 318 | #619 |
| 2001 | 336 | #593 |
| 2000 | 363 | #567 |
| 1999 | 353 | #564 |
| 1998 | 374 | #535 |
| 1997 | 405 | #505 |
| 1996 | 392 | #517 |
| 1995 | 400 | #509 |
| 1994 | 301 | #596 |
| 1993 | 337 | #552 |
| 1992 | 293 | #599 |
| 1991 | 198 | #716 |
| 1990 | 166 | #782 |
| 1989 | 177 | #741 |
| 1988 | 162 | #741 |
| 1987 | 146 | #756 |
| 1986 | 122 | #821 |
| 1985 | 100 | #906 |
| 1984 | 90 | #925 |
| 1983 | 97 | #891 |
| 1982 | 89 | #950 |
| 1981 | 102 | #882 |
| 1980 | 98 | #905 |
| 1979 | 99 | #875 |
| 1978 | 77 | #983 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,158 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 77 | #923 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,082 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,242 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,164 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,086 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,082 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,101 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
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