How Many People Are Named Cully?
An estimated 229 people in the United States have the first name Cully. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 45 years old, and Cully peaked in popularity in 1960 with 31 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cully as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cully paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
229
About 1 in 1,496,744 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
45
years old
Peak Year
1960
31 births
Total Registered
250
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cully
Cully is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 250 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cully as a male name
Ranked #9,776 in 2020
7 male births in 2020
Peak: 1960 (31 births)
Cully: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cully span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 89 babies were registered. Cully has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cully by Decade
How has Cully tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cully + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cully as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cully
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cully: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cully?
We estimate approximately 229 people named Cully are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,496,744 Americans share this first name.
Is Cully a common name?
Cully is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 250 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cully most popular?
Cully reached peak popularity in 1960, when 31 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cully is approximately 45 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cully a male name?
Cully is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cully Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cully Smith, Cully Johnson, Cully Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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