Ulysees — boys' name
397 babies named Ulysees in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Ulysees was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ulysees in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulysees
The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Ulysees between 1902 and 1971, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ulysees currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulysees performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ulysees shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Ulysees in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulysees 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 397 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.
Ulysees at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ulysees popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1902
- Peak year (1932)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
397 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 16 births in a single year.
Ulysees by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 100 births that decade — 25% of Ulysees's all-time total
Ulysees decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Ulysees's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Ulysees by state
Where Ulysees concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 75 | 18.9% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 12 | 3.0% |
75 of 397 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 18.9% of nationwide
- South Carolina 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 18.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1902–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.