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Cullen

The name Cullen carries the meaning "Irish Ó Cuilinn", with roots in Irish. It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. Its single strongest year on record was 2010.

IrishIrish "Ó Cuilinn"
EtymologyMeaning "holly" or "handsome"
Births by decade
1900s
33
1910s
243
1920s
308
1930s
226
1940s
231
1950s
250
1960s
323
1970s
655
1980s
1,203
1990s
3,246
2000s
3,251
2010s
4,226
Peaked in the 2010s · 14,195 total U.S. births since 1900