Ulyses
#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,446since 1905
Ulyses over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ulyses has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #2,126 | 43 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1905
The first year at least five boys were named Ulyses! It came in at #1,002, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ulyses
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,290 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #8,910)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1905 at #1,002 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,901
- Highest: 1 in 18,901 boys born in 1905 were named Ulyses (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 18.3% of all boys named Ulyses (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 19 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,160 |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,117 (1911) | #1,768 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,460 (1923) | #1,828 |
| 1930s | 145 | #1,286 (1932) | #1,891 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,519 (1940) | #2,478 |
| 1950s | 66 | #2,580 (1950) | #3,148 |
| 1960s | 22 | #2,470 (1967) | #3,403 |
| 1970s | 49 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,309 |
| 1980s | 76 | #2,784 (1989) | #4,319 |
| 1990s | 210 | #2,126 (1998) | #3,547 |
| 2000s | 264 | #2,632 (2002) | #3,684 |
| 2010s | 119 | #4,678 (2010) | #6,507 |
| 2020s | 45 | #6,620 (2020) | #8,454 |
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.
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