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'Twilight' Influences Baby Names: 'Cullen' Leaps Up List Of Most Popular Names

First Posted: 07/10/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:25 PM ET

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The Social Security Administration released its annual rundown of the most popular names for newborns on Friday, and flying up the list was an ancient name with modern fame: Cullen, the surname of one handsome bloodsucker, Edward, in the frighteningly popular vampire films "Twilight," based on the best-selling novels by Stephenie Meyer.

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The Social Security Administration released its annual rundown of the most popular names for newborns on Friday, and flying up the list was an ancient name with modern fame: Cullen, the surname of one...
The Social Security Administration released its annual rundown of the most popular names for newborns on Friday, and flying up the list was an ancient name with modern fame: Cullen, the surname of one...
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01:32 PM on 06/14/2010
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05:39 PM on 05/10/2010
Is the female version "Cullyn?" How long before a Cul'len, Kullen, Kullin, Cullin, Cullynne, Kulynne, K'lyn, C'lyn, Kuh-lin and on and on. I shouldn't complain, I went to school with people named Mox, Amor, Stokely, Poppy, Buffy, Mink and had a schoolmate whose parents were Binky and Weezer. Cullen's not that bad after all.
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05:25 PM on 05/10/2010
I'm gonna save this for about 15 years.

And then repost it to make a bunch of kids high school experience a living hell.
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04:15 PM on 05/10/2010
Here are the kid's names of Cletus Spuckler from the Simpsons:

Gummy Sue, Tiffany, Andie, Gordon, Lizzie, Jackson, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jacob, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Rubella Scabies, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sasha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q*bert, Condoleezza Marie, Phil, Birthday, Crystal Meth, Dubya, Inc e st, International Harvester, Jitney, Witney, Mary, Stabbed in Jail
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