Ulysses Boy
How popular is Ulysses?
#1,196 boy name in 2025
169 baby boys were named Ulysses in the US in 2025, making it the 1196th most popular boy name.
Ulysses popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,196 for boys (▲ 94 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 169 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,082 in 2015, #1,064 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (272 boys) |
| Highest rank | #269 in 1895 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ulysses counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ulises family of names ranked #643 for boys in 2025 (#616 the year before), with 406 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ulysses is most popular
Babies named Ulysses per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (219 boys)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (138 boys)
Ulysses by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 241 | #275 |
| 1890s | 310 | #269 |
| 1900s | 294 | #359 |
| 1910s | 1,182 | #399 |
| 1920s | 1,839 | #426 |
| 1930s | 1,450 | #428 |
| 1940s | 1,559 | #466 |
| 1950s | 1,651 | #510 |
| 1960s | 1,282 | #628 |
| 1970s | 1,100 | #755 |
| 1980s | 1,352 | #697 |
| 1990s | 1,738 | #641 |
| 2000s | 1,884 | #758 |
| 2010s | 1,723 | #1,018 |
| 2020s | 1,050 | #1,064 |
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Questions
- Is Ulysses a boy or girl name?
- Ulysses is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ulysses were boys.
- How popular is the name Ulysses?
- 169 baby boys were named Ulysses in the US in 2025, making it the 1196th most popular boy name.
- When was Ulysses most popular?
- Ulysses peaked in 1999, when 272 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #269 in 1895.
- How many people are named Ulysses?
- 18,680 babies have been named Ulysses in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,807 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Ulysses most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ulysses was most common in Arizona, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.