Ulisses
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-LEE-sess
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Ulisses is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Ulisses mean?
Greek: spelling of Ulises; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Ulises.
Is Ulisses a girl's or a boy's name?
Ulisses is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ulisses in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Ulisses, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Ulisses in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 272 boys in the US were given Ulisses or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #819, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Ulisses in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Ulisses
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cristian Lucas Andres Alexis Adonis Uriel Luca Josiah Elias Ares Nico Isaiah
Other spellings of Ulisses
Names related to Ulisses
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, “Ulisses: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ulisses, updated 20 October 2026.