Ulyses
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Ulyses is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Ulyses mean?
Greek: spelling of Ulysses; Latin form of Odysseus
The Latin name of Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey; borne by Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US president.
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Meaning borrowed from Ulysses. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ulyses a girl's or a boy's name?
Ulyses is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ulyses in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Ulyses, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1905.
Half of all the boys named Ulyses in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 boys in the US were given Ulyses or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,064, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Ulysses 169
- Ulyses 8
Ulyses in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
Nicknames for Ulyses
- Uly
Names like Ulyses
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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