Ulises

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #1,038 for boys in 2025, 213 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1999 · 427 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,944
since 1954

Ulises over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ulises has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #503, 1999boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,038213
2024—#909257
2023—#997221
2022—#1,007221
2021—#943240
2020—#875258
2019—#834270
2018—#907237
2017—#923229
2016—#939223
2015—#908237
2014—#751315
2013—#803272
2012—#727320
2011—#662357
2010—#561450
2009—#605427
2008—#584435
2007—#563457
2006—#524487
2005—#547438
2004#16,0995#590374
2003—#642320
2002—#542408
2001—#538405
2000—#556378
1999—#503427
1998—#563350
1997—#693230
1996—#642261
1995—#743210
1994#13,4305#705219
1993—#776184
1992—#757188
1991—#784171
1990#12,9585#797162
1989—#864135
1988—#1,05888
1987—#1,08878
1986—#1,28657
1985—#877107
1984—#1,38247
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,41545
1981—#1,47942
1980—#1,43244
1979—#1,37046
1978—#1,53737
1977—#1,74330
1976—#1,71130
1975—#1,78727
1974—#1,79026
1973—#1,35438
1972—#1,64828
1971—#1,74526
1970—#2,39915
1969—#2,04617
1968—#3,6736
1967—#2,35212
1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,9828
1964—#2,31013
1963—#2,8589
1962—#3,6406
1961—#3,3567
1960—#3,0778
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five boys were named Ulises! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1954–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ulises is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNHWashington: #617 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,631 boysWAIdaho: #397 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,668 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMNIllinois: #795 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,037 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedWIMichigan: #959 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,144 boysMINew York: #1,062 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 9,340 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedRIOregon: #459 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,294 boysORNevada: #437 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,250 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,072 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,130 boysPANew Jersey: #983 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,388 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #422 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 2,721 boysCAUtah: #563 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,075 boysUTColorado: #570 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,412 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedDEArizona: #512 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,132 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #798 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,463 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedALGeorgia: #959 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,859 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedHITexas: #508 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 3,162 boysTXFlorida: #1,145 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,668 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#397 · 1 in 1,668
  2. California#422 · 1 in 2,721
  3. Nevada#437 · 1 in 2,250
  4. Oregon#459 · 1 in 2,294
  5. Texas#508 · 1 in 3,162

Best ever in a state: #230 in California, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#39751 in 1,668
California#422851 in 2,721
Nevada#43761 in 2,250
Oregon#45981 in 2,294
Texas#508591 in 3,162
Arizona#512121 in 3,132
Utah#56371 in 3,075
Colorado#57081 in 3,412
Washington#617101 in 3,631
Illinois#795111 in 6,037
North Carolina#79881 in 6,463
Georgia#95971 in 7,859
Michigan#95961 in 8,144
New Jersey#98351 in 8,388
New York#1,062111 in 9,340
Pennsylvania#1,07261 in 10,130
Florida#1,14591 in 10,668
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ulises
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 129 spots since 2024 (#909 → #1,038)
  • 163 spots since 2020 (#875 → #1,038)
  • 130 spots since 2015 (#908 → #1,038)
  • Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1985 (#1,382 → #877)
  • Biggest drop: 409 spots in 1986 (#877 → #1,286)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1999 at #503 (427 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1989–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,220
  • Highest: 1 in 4,220 boys born in 2006 were named Ulises (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,019 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #503 in 1999, was only 1 in 4,497 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.6% of all boys named Ulises (4,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s10#3,827 (1954)#3,885
1960s96#2,046 (1969)#2,892
1970s303#1,354 (1973)#1,708
1980s684#864 (1989)#1,237
1990s2,402#503 (1999)#696
2000s4,129#524 (2006)#569
2010s2,910#561 (2010)#802
2020s1,410#875 (2020)#962

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ulises in 2014

boys
#751
315 births · 1 in 6,098 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #751Ulises315
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 6,098 of them was named Ulises, which outranked 94.7% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ulises
  1. #747Langston317
  2. #749Alexzander316
  3. #749Anders316
  4. #751Ulises315
  5. #751Kareem315
  6. #753Ronnie314
  7. #754Bobby313
  8. #754Will313

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2014 →