Cullen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cullen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cullen: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #337, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#337highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1052
1998	#1642
1999	#1281
2000	#1703
2001	#2220
2003	#1513
2004	#1596
2005	#1991
2006	#1401
2007	#2211
2008	#3158
2009	#1649
2010	#1344
2011	#1342
2012	#1270
2013	#2403
2014	#2459
2015	#2150
2016	#1903
2017	#2172
2018	#2259
2019	#2266
2020	#2404
2021	#1860
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2025
Highest recorded position: #337 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cullen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 274 births with the name.

Cullen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cullen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1052 (1997)	#5119 (2024)	28 of 29	274 (1996–2024)	20 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (1997)	#337 (1997)	#372 (2025)	20 of 29	118 (1997–2025)	11 (2014)

Cullen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cullen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000s	80	9 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	122	10 of 10	12
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cullen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #337 in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

Cullen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #337, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Culainn · #392, 15y
Culann · #254, 23y
Curtis · #44, 33y
Cushla · #337, 7y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abd · #337, 28y
Jules · #337, 30y
Laragh · #336, 27y
Antoine · #339, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abd · #337, 28y
Jules · #337, 30y
Kiana · #337, 29y
Loren · #337, 31y

Cullen was ranked #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cullen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cullen without appearing here.

Cullen moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Shannon Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1513 and #2857.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #2754.
Graeme Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2220 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1513 and #2189.

Moved ahead of Cullen

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Gustav Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2320.

Moved the opposite way to Cullen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Cullen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cullen went from #1235 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #337 in Republic of Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cullen

Cullen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cullen across 2 official records

Cullen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cullen appears in

Popularity data

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Cullen at a glance

Cullen across 2 official records

Cullen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cullen appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cullen

Cullen and the names beside it

Cullen moved ahead of

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