Ulysses
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #1,196 for boys in 2025, 169 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 43 births
- Debut · boys
- 29 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,655since 1880
Ulysses over time
Rank among boys' names. Ulysses has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,196 | 169 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,290 | 152 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,189 | 170 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,113 | 191 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,131 | 180 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,064 | 188 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,018 | 204 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,135 | 170 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,186 | 157 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,266 | 144 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,082 | 181 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,102 | 173 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,110 | 165 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,109 | 167 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,054 | 179 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,053 | 183 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,004 | 196 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,009 | 191 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,012 | 191 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,028 | 178 | |
| 2005 | — | #980 | 177 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,046 | 155 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,069 | 145 | |
| 2002 | — | #814 | 208 | |
| 2001 | — | #759 | 226 | |
| 2000 | — | #765 | 217 | |
| 1999 | — | #642 | 272 | |
| 1998 | — | #751 | 214 | |
| 1997 | — | #893 | 155 | |
| 1996 | — | #808 | 178 | |
| 1995 | — | #937 | 140 | |
| 1994 | — | #933 | 139 | |
| 1993 | — | #882 | 146 | |
| 1992 | — | #861 | 151 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #819 | 159 |
| 1990 | — | #748 | 184 | |
| 1989 | — | #744 | 177 | |
| 1988 | — | #697 | 180 | |
| 1987 | — | #698 | 170 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #771 | 138 |
| 1985 | — | #798 | 124 | |
| 1984 | — | #830 | 111 | |
| 1983 | — | #862 | 103 | |
| 1982 | — | #868 | 105 | |
| 1981 | — | #784 | 123 | |
| 1980 | — | #796 | 121 | |
| 1979 | — | #785 | 121 | |
| 1978 | — | #757 | 125 | |
| 1977 | — | #866 | 96 | |
| 1976 | — | #776 | 114 | |
| 1975 | — | #800 | 108 | |
| 1974 | — | #820 | 96 | |
| 1973 | — | #766 | 108 | |
| 1972 | — | #783 | 104 | |
| 1971 | — | #755 | 118 | |
| 1970 | — | #782 | 110 | |
| 1969 | — | #704 | 125 | |
| 1968 | — | #703 | 115 | |
| 1967 | — | #628 | 143 | |
| 1966 | — | #722 | 106 | |
| 1965 | — | #705 | 111 | |
| 1964 | — | #695 | 123 | |
| 1963 | — | #689 | 127 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #675 | 132 |
| 1961 | — | #639 | 150 | |
| 1960 | — | #635 | 150 | |
| 1959 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1958 | — | #622 | 153 | |
| 1957 | — | #601 | 163 | |
| 1956 | — | #594 | 164 | |
| 1955 | — | #576 | 163 | |
| 1954 | — | #557 | 172 | |
| 1953 | — | #551 | 164 | |
| 1952 | — | #513 | 185 | |
| 1951 | — | #511 | 177 | |
| 1950 | — | #517 | 168 | |
| 1949 | — | #504 | 175 | |
| 1948 | — | #478 | 196 | |
| 1947 | — | #523 | 168 | |
| 1946 | — | #511 | 158 | |
| 1945 | — | #563 | 114 | |
| 1944 | — | #487 | 156 | |
| 1943 | — | #497 | 155 | |
| 1942 | — | #509 | 144 | |
| 1941 | — | #494 | 139 | |
| 1940 | — | #466 | 154 | |
| 1939 | — | #474 | 144 | |
| 1938 | — | #468 | 153 | |
| 1937 | — | #523 | 122 | |
| 1936 | — | #511 | 121 | |
| 1935 | — | #428 | 171 | |
| 1934 | — | #475 | 143 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #475 | 140 |
| 1932 | — | #444 | 161 | |
| 1931 | — | #467 | 147 | |
| 1930 | — | #489 | 148 | |
| 1929 | — | #466 | 158 | |
| 1928 | — | #457 | 174 | |
| 1927 | — | #454 | 181 | |
| 1926 | — | #459 | 173 | |
| 1925 | — | #429 | 192 | |
| 1924 | — | #460 | 177 | |
| 1923 | — | #426 | 201 | |
| 1922 | — | #433 | 194 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #431 | 199 |
| 1920 | — | #437 | 190 | |
| 1919 | — | #462 | 164 | |
| 1918 | — | #427 | 187 | |
| 1917 | — | #447 | 159 | |
| 1916 | — | #441 | 160 | |
| 1915 | — | #482 | 133 | |
| 1914 | — | #454 | 111 | |
| 1913 | — | #429 | 99 | |
| 1912 | — | #456 | 75 | |
| 1911 | — | #399 | 51 | |
| 1910 | — | #407 | 43 | |
| 1909 | — | #408 | 36 | |
| 1908 | — | #413 | 33 | |
| 1907 | — | #359 | 38 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #382 | 34 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #335 | 33 | |
| 1897 | — | #375 | 25 | |
| 1896 | — | #331 | 32 | |
| 1895 | — | #269 | 43 | |
| 1894 | — | #298 | 34 | |
| 1893 | — | #287 | 36 | |
| 1892 | — | #371 | 27 | |
| 1891 | — | #277 | 34 | |
| 1890 | — | #302 | 32 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #369 | 25 | |
| 1887 | — | #321 | 27 | |
| 1886 | — | #275 | 38 | |
| 1885 | — | #290 | 33 | |
| 1884 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #314 | 29 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ulysses was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 19 boys a year got the name.
Where Ulysses is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#276 · 1 in 2,335
- South Carolina#280 · 1 in 2,382
- Georgia#325 · 1 in 2,998
- Alabama#338 · 1 in 3,496
- Mississippi#402 · 1 in 4,616
Best ever in a state: #110 in South Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #276 | 23 | 1 in 2,335 |
| South Carolina | #280 | 12 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Georgia | #325 | 16 | 1 in 2,998 |
| Alabama | #338 | 11 | 1 in 3,496 |
| Mississippi | #402 | 6 | 1 in 4,616 |
| Louisiana | #493 | 7 | 1 in 6,090 |
| North Carolina | #530 | 5 | 1 in 10,529 |
| Illinois | #585 | 8 | 1 in 14,543 |
| New York | #592 | 12 | 1 in 15,076 |
| Texas | #919 | 6 | 1 in 20,528 |
| California | #990 | 5 | 1 in 35,929 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ulysses
- 94 spots since 2024 (#1,290 → #1,196)
- 132 spots since 2020 (#1,064 → #1,196)
- 114 spots since 2015 (#1,082 → #1,196)
- Biggest jump: 142 spots in 1998 (#893 → #751)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 2003 (#814 → #1,069)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #269 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2002
- Highest: 1 in 2,730 boys born in 1895 were named Ulysses (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,107 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 10.1% of all boys named Ulysses (1,884) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 241 | #275 (1886) | #370 |
| 1890s | 310 | #269 (1895) | #337 |
| 1900s | 294 | #359 (1907) | #403 |
| 1910s | 1,182 | #399 (1911) | #440 |
| 1920s | 1,839 | #426 (1923) | #445 |
| 1930s | 1,450 | #428 (1935) | #475 |
| 1940s | 1,559 | #466 (1940) | #503 |
| 1950s | 1,651 | #511 (1951) | #569 |
| 1960s | 1,282 | #628 (1967) | #680 |
| 1970s | 1,100 | #755 (1971) | #789 |
| 1980s | 1,352 | #697 (1988) | #785 |
| 1990s | 1,738 | #642 (1999) | #827 |
| 2000s | 1,884 | #759 (2001) | #949 |
| 2010s | 1,723 | #1,018 (2019) | #1,112 |
| 2020s | 1,050 | #1,064 (2020) | #1,164 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ulysses in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 15,032 of them was named Ulysses, which outranked 85.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #641Tyler145
- #642Kelley144
- #642Shelton144
- #644Ulysses142
- #644Anton142
- #644Brady142
- #644Bud142
- #650Antoine141
- #651Del140
- #652Winfred139
Tied with 5 names at #644; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.