Ulysses
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Ulysses is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,196th for boys in the US (169 babies).
What does Ulysses mean?
Greek: 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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Is Ulysses a girl's or a boy's name?
Ulysses is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 169 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ulysses in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 250% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ulysses, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ulysses in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Ulysses in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,196among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 169 boys in the US were named Ulysses, making it the 1,196th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 272 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ulysses in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 boys in the US were given Ulysses or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,064, up from #1,196 for this spelling alone.
- Ulysses 169
- Ulyses 8
Ulysses in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,196 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,290 |
| 2023 | 170 | #1,189 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | 180 | #1,131 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 204 | #1,018 |
| 2018 | 170 | #1,135 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,266 |
| 2015 | 181 | #1,082 |
| 2014 | 173 | #1,102 |
| 2013 | 165 | #1,110 |
| 2012 | 167 | #1,109 |
| 2011 | 179 | #1,054 |
| 2010 | 183 | #1,053 |
| 2009 | 196 | #1,004 |
| 2008 | 191 | #1,009 |
| 2007 | 191 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 178 | #1,028 |
| 2005 | 177 | #979 |
| 2004 | 155 | #1,045 |
| 2003 | 145 | #1,068 |
| 2002 | 208 | #813 |
| 2001 | 226 | #758 |
| 2000 | 217 | #764 |
| 1999 | 272 | #641 |
| 1998 | 214 | #750 |
| 1997 | 155 | #891 |
| 1996 | 178 | #806 |
| 1995 | 140 | #934 |
| 1994 | 139 | #930 |
| 1993 | 146 | #880 |
| 1992 | 151 | #858 |
| 1991 | 159 | #815 |
| 1990 | 184 | #744 |
| 1989 | 177 | #741 |
| 1988 | 180 | #697 |
| 1987 | 170 | #698 |
| 1986 | 138 | #771 |
| 1985 | 124 | #798 |
| 1984 | 111 | #830 |
| 1983 | 103 | #862 |
| 1982 | 105 | #868 |
| 1981 | 123 | #784 |
| 1980 | 121 | #796 |
| 1979 | 121 | #785 |
| 1978 | 125 | #757 |
| 1977 | 96 | #866 |
| 1976 | 114 | #776 |
| 1975 | 108 | #800 |
| 1974 | 96 | #820 |
| 1973 | 108 | #766 |
| 1972 | 104 | #783 |
| 1971 | 118 | #755 |
| 1970 | 110 | #782 |
| 1969 | 125 | #704 |
| 1968 | 115 | #703 |
| 1967 | 143 | #628 |
| 1966 | 106 | #722 |
| 1965 | 111 | #705 |
| 1964 | 123 | #695 |
| 1963 | 127 | #689 |
| 1962 | 132 | #675 |
| 1961 | 150 | #638 |
| 1960 | 150 | #634 |
| 1959 | 142 | #643 |
| 1958 | 153 | #621 |
| 1957 | 163 | #600 |
| 1956 | 164 | #593 |
| 1955 | 163 | #575 |
| 1954 | 172 | #556 |
| 1953 | 164 | #550 |
| 1952 | 185 | #512 |
| 1951 | 177 | #510 |
| 1950 | 168 | #516 |
| 1949 | 175 | #503 |
| 1948 | 196 | #478 |
| 1947 | 168 | #523 |
| 1946 | 158 | #511 |
| 1945 | 114 | #563 |
| 1944 | 156 | #487 |
| 1943 | 155 | #497 |
| 1942 | 144 | #509 |
| 1941 | 139 | #494 |
| 1940 | 154 | #466 |
| 1939 | 144 | #474 |
| 1938 | 153 | #468 |
| 1937 | 122 | #523 |
| 1936 | 121 | #511 |
| 1935 | 171 | #428 |
| 1934 | 143 | #475 |
| 1933 | 140 | #475 |
| 1932 | 161 | #444 |
| 1931 | 147 | #467 |
| 1930 | 148 | #489 |
| 1929 | 158 | #466 |
| 1928 | 174 | #457 |
| 1927 | 181 | #454 |
| 1926 | 173 | #459 |
| 1925 | 192 | #429 |
| 1924 | 177 | #460 |
| 1923 | 201 | #426 |
| 1922 | 194 | #433 |
| 1921 | 199 | #431 |
| 1920 | 190 | #437 |
| 1919 | 164 | #462 |
| 1918 | 187 | #427 |
| 1917 | 159 | #447 |
| 1916 | 160 | #441 |
| 1915 | 133 | #482 |
| 1914 | 111 | #454 |
| 1913 | 99 | #429 |
| 1912 | 75 | #456 |
| 1911 | 51 | #399 |
| 1910 | 43 | #407 |
| 1909 | 36 | #408 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | 38 | #359 |
| 1906 | 32 | #378 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | 21 | #451 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 25 | #371 |
| 1900 | 34 | #382 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 33 | #335 |
| 1897 | 25 | #375 |
| 1896 | 32 | #331 |
| 1895 | 43 | #269 |
| 1894 | 34 | #298 |
| 1893 | 36 | #287 |
| 1892 | 27 | #371 |
| 1891 | 34 | #277 |
| 1890 | 32 | #302 |
| 1889 | 19 | #415 |
| 1888 | 25 | #369 |
| 1887 | 27 | #321 |
| 1886 | 38 | #275 |
| 1885 | 33 | #290 |
| 1884 | 23 | #369 |
| 1883 | 14 | #479 |
| 1882 | 15 | #469 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 29 | #314 |
Nicknames for Ulysses
- Uly
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