Ulises
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-LEE-sess
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,038 for boys
Ulises is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,038th for boys in the US (213 babies).
What does Ulises mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Ulysses, the Latin form of Odysseus
The Spanish form of Ulysses, the Latin name of Odysseus, the wandering hero of Homer's Odyssey.
Is Ulises a girl's or a boy's name?
Ulises is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 213 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ulises in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,038among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 213about 1 in 8,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 213 boys in the US were named Ulises, making it the 1,038th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 875th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 487 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
2025 had fewer boys named Ulises than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Ulises in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 272 boys in the US were given Ulises or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #819, up from #1,038 for this spelling alone.
Ulises in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | #1,038 |
| 2024 | 257 | #909 |
| 2023 | 221 | #997 |
| 2022 | 221 | #1,007 |
| 2021 | 240 | #943 |
| 2020 | 258 | #875 |
| 2019 | 270 | #834 |
| 2018 | 237 | #907 |
| 2017 | 229 | #923 |
| 2016 | 223 | #939 |
| 2015 | 237 | #908 |
| 2014 | 315 | #751 |
| 2013 | 272 | #803 |
| 2012 | 320 | #727 |
| 2011 | 357 | #662 |
| 2010 | 450 | #561 |
| 2009 | 427 | #605 |
| 2008 | 435 | #584 |
| 2007 | 457 | #563 |
| 2006 | 487 | #524 |
| 2005 | 438 | #547 |
| 2004 | 374 | #590 |
| 2003 | 320 | #642 |
| 2002 | 408 | #542 |
| 2001 | 405 | #538 |
| 2000 | 378 | #556 |
| 1999 | 427 | #503 |
| 1998 | 350 | #563 |
| 1997 | 230 | #692 |
| 1996 | 261 | #641 |
| 1995 | 210 | #740 |
| 1994 | 219 | #704 |
| 1993 | 184 | #774 |
| 1992 | 188 | #755 |
| 1991 | 171 | #780 |
| 1990 | 162 | #793 |
| 1989 | 135 | #861 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,056 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,087 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,285 |
| 1985 | 107 | #877 |
| 1984 | 47 | #1,381 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 42 | #1,478 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,370 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Names like Ulises
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cristian Alexis Lucas Andres Adonis Uriel Alessandro Luca Moises Diego Damian Rodrigo
Other spellings of Ulises
Names related to Ulises
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ulises: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ulises, updated 20 October 2026.