How Many People Are Named Ulisses?
people named Ulisses are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 266,395 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,312 babies named Ulisses in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
68 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of ULYSSES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ulisses in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ulisses alive today is about 22 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ulisses first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1999, to 68 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ulisses has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,599, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #5,826.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,826 |
| Best rank | #1,599 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,330 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ulisses alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ulisses were born in California than in any other state: about 493 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ulisses was given 4.6 times as often in California and 2.8 times in Texas.
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