ESC Name Rank Total Searching... No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1917 First Year 2020 Last Year 2000 Peak Year #3536 Peak Rank 403 Total Count 34 Years Active 🌍 ## Meaning & Origin of Cullin What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures. Cullins are a family of hydrophobic scaffold proteins which provide support for ubiquitin ligases (E3). All eukaryotes appear to have cullins. They combine with RING proteins to form Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) that are highly diverse and play a role in myriad cellular processes, most notably protein degradation by ubiquitination. Source: [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullin) (CC BY-SA 3.0). [Read more → ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullin) [![Wikipedia thumbnail for Cullin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/PDB_1ldk_EBI.jpg/330px-PDB_1ldk_EBI.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullin) 📖 ## The Story of Cullin Cullin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1917, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 23 births, good for #3,536 nationwide. About 39% of every Cullin on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Cullin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 403 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s. ## Popularity Over Time ## Popularity by State ME WA MT ND MN WI MI NY VT NH MA OR ID SD IA IL IN OH PA NJ CT RI CA NV WY NE MO KY WV VA MD DE DC UT CO KS AR TN NC SC AK AZ NM OK LA MS AL GA HI TX FL Top 10 11-50 51-100 101-500 500+ No data 🎶 ## Names that sound like Cullin Phonetically similar names — useful when Cullin is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name. * [Caelin](/caelin) * Killin * [Cullen](/cullen) * [Kaelin](/kaelin) * [Kellin](/kellin) * [Kelin](/kelin) * Kilin * Cologne * [Colin](/colin) * [Callin](/callin) * [Collin](/collin) * Culling Source: [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated. ❓ ## Frequently Asked Questions about Cullin What does the name Cullin mean? Cullins are a family of hydrophobic scaffold proteins which provide support for ubiquitin ligases (E3). All eukaryotes appear to have cullins. They combine with RING proteins to form Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) that are highly diverse and play a role in myriad cellular processes, most notably protein degradation by ubiquitination. How popular is Cullin in 2026? In 2026, Cullin ranks #12,015 among boys' names in the U.S., with 5 babies given the name that year. When was Cullin most popular? Cullin reached its peak popularity in 2000, ranking #3,536 that year with 23 babies given the name. Is Cullin a unisex name? In U.S. Social Security records, Cullin is primarily a boy's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a girl's name. What names go well with Cullin? Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Cullin include Rodnie, Zonnie, Robroy. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data. ## Similar Names [👦RodniePeak #3536](/rodnie)[👦ZonniePeak #3536](/zonnie)[👦RobroyPeak #3536](/robroy)[👦GreoryPeak #3536](/greory)[👦SperosPeak #3536](/speros)[👦RorryPeak #3536](/rorry)[👦MondoPeak #3536](/mondo)[👦LainPeak #3536](/lain) ## About the name Cullin Cullin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 403 births in the dataset. Cullin's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #3,536\. Use the chart and map above to compare Cullin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices. ### Continue exploring * [ Top names of 2000 → ](/year/2000) * [ Names of the 2000s → ](/decade/2000s) * [ Names starting with "C" → ](/letter/c) * [ Browse all boy names → ](/names/boys) * [ Top names of 2026 → ](/year/2026) Data sources * Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. [Social Security Administration ](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/). Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships. * Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — [Behind the Name ](https://www.behindthename.com/) (used under their public API terms). * Meaning prose and editorial summary — [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/) article extracts, licensed under [CC BY-SA 3.0 ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). * Predicted nationality distribution — [Nationalize.io ](https://nationalize.io/). * Phonetically similar names — [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.