Ulyssa — #10501 US girls' name
221 babies named Ulyssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Ulyssa was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Ulyssa in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulyssa
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Ulyssa between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ulyssa currently holds the #10501 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ulyssa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ulyssa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulyssa 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 221 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.
Ulyssa at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ulyssa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2000)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #10501 among girls.
221 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 19 births in a single year.
Ulyssa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 85 births that decade — 38% of Ulyssa's all-time total
Ulyssa decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ulyssa's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Ulyssa by state
Where Ulyssa concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
20 of 221 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.0% 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, 1984–2024 (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.