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.
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 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 393,321 of them was named Ulysses, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,006 names at #6,578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 15,673 of them was named Ulysses, which outranked 85.4% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).