Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ulysses

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Form Of Odysseus

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ulysses

Pronunciation

u-lysses, ul(ys)-ses

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #642, 272 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1196, 169 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #13143, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025169–
2024152–
2023169–
2022191–
2021180–
2020188–
2019204–
2018170–
2017157–
2016144–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #3112, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
20245
20236
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
20174
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #4980, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence