boys:
757 births since 1991
#3830 (16th percentile)
overall:
757 births since 1991
#6982 (10th percentile)
The name Kullen is the #6,982 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 757 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 9.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,830 (16.4% percentile) for all time with 757 births since 1991.
Kullen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for boys in 1991).
For boys, Kullen reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #841) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 32 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kullen ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 31.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kullen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kullen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Kullen is pronounced as KUH-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOO-luhn, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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