Ulisses — #5948 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ulisses

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,296 babies named Ulisses between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ulisses currently holds the #5948 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulisses performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 504 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ulisses shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 506 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ulisses in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ulisses in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,296 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.