Ulysse — boys' name
250 babies named Ulysse in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Ulysse was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ulysse in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulysse
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Ulysse between 1908 and 2020, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ulysse currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulysse performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ulysse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ulysse in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulysse 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 250 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.
Ulysse at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ulysse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1908
- Peak year (1922)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
250 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 15 births in a single year.
Ulysse by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 105 births that decade — 42% of Ulysse's all-time total
Ulysse decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ulysse's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Ulysse by state
Where Ulysse concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 110 | 44.0% |
110 of 250 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 44.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 44.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1908–2020 (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.