How Many People Are Named Ulysses?
people named Ulysses are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,317 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,680 babies named Ulysses in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
272 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latin form of ODYSSEUS. It was borne by Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the commander of the Union forces during the American Civil War, who went on to become an American president. Irish author James Joyce used it as the title of his book 'Ulysses' (1920), which loosely parallels Homer's epic the 'Odyssey'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ulysses (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ulysses alive today is about 37 years old, and 46% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ulysses first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1999, to 272 babies. In 2025, 169 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ulysses has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #272, in 1895. In 2025 it ranked #1,201.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,201 |
| Best rank | #272 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #949 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ulysses alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ulysses were born in California than in any other state: about 2,719 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ulysses was given 4.2 times as often in South Carolina, 4.1 times in Georgia and 2.6 times in Florida.
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