Ulyses — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ulyses

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,438 babies named Ulyses between 1905 and 2023, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ulyses currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulyses performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ulyses shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 226 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ulyses in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ulyses 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 1,438 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.