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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #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 2021

  • 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: #732 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,175 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedIDMontana: 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: #763 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,901 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedRIOregon: #608 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,180 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNVWyoming: 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: #844 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,460 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #467 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 2,667 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedUTColorado: #513 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,583 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: #909 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,524 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: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedNCSouth 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: #1,158 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,395 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ulises, so not publishedHITexas: #521 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 2,950 boysTXFlorida: #1,581 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,460 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#467 · 1 in 2,667
  2. Colorado#513 · 1 in 2,583
  3. Texas#521 · 1 in 2,950
  4. Oregon#608 · 1 in 3,180
  5. Washington#732 · 1 in 4,175

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#467711 in 2,667
Colorado#513101 in 2,583
Texas#521581 in 2,950
Oregon#60851 in 3,180
Washington#73281 in 4,175
Illinois#763111 in 4,901
Indiana#84461 in 5,460
Arizona#90951 in 6,524
Georgia#1,15861 in 8,395
Florida#1,58161 in 15,460
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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 2021

boys
#943
240 births · 1 in 7,290 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #943Ulises240
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 7,290 of them was named Ulises, which outranked 93.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ulises
  1. #937Jaxtyn241
  2. #937Turner241
  3. #937Yisroel241
  4. #943Ulises240
  5. #943Crosby240
  6. #943Harlem240
  7. #943Salvatore240
  8. #947Jakobe239
  9. #947Zavier239
  10. #949Jair238

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

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

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

See the top 100 for 2021 →