Ulysses is an established boys' name that peaked in 1999 and remains in steady use.
Ulysses is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,201 for boy births in the United States (and #2,481 across all names), given to 169 babies. Ulysses first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1999 (272 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,201 |
| 2024 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,294 |
| 2023 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,191 |
| 2022 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 188 | 188 | — | #1,068 |
| 2019 | 204 | 204 | — | #1,022 |
| 2018 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,138 |
| 2017 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,190 |
| 2016 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,273 |
| 2015 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 173 | 173 | — | #1,109 |
| 2013 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,110 |
| 2012 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,110 |
| 2011 | 179 | 179 | — | #1,054 |
| 2010 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,007 |
| 2008 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,011 |
| 2007 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,013 |
| 2006 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,032 |
| 2005 | 177 | 177 | — | #985 |
| 2004 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,074 |
| 2002 | 208 | 208 | — | #815 |
| 2001 | 226 | 226 | — | #760 |
| 2000 | 217 | 217 | — | #769 |
| 1999 | 272 | 272 | — | #642 |
| 1998 | 214 | 214 | — | #752 |
| 1997 | 155 | — | — | #897 |
| 1996 | 178 | — | — | #810 |
| 1995 | 140 | — | — | #942 |
| 1994 | 139 | — | — | #934 |
| 1993 | 146 | — | — | #884 |
| 1992 | 151 | — | — | #863 |
| 1991 | 164 | — | #15,358 | #823 |
| 1990 | 184 | — | — | #752 |
| 1989 | 177 | — | — | #746 |
| 1988 | 180 | — | — | #698 |
| 1987 | 170 | — | — | #702 |
| 1986 | 143 | — | #12,756 | #774 |
| 1985 | 124 | — | — | #802 |
| 1984 | 111 | — | — | #834 |
| 1983 | 103 | — | — | #866 |
| 1982 | 105 | — | — | #870 |
| 1981 | 123 | — | — | #791 |
| 1980 | 121 | — | — | #799 |
| 1979 | 121 | — | — | #787 |
| 1978 | 125 | — | — | #758 |
| 1977 | 96 | — | — | #868 |
| 1976 | 114 | — | — | #780 |
| 1975 | 108 | — | — | #804 |
| 1974 | 96 | — | — | #824 |
| 1973 | 108 | — | — | #769 |
| 1972 | 104 | — | — | #787 |
| 1971 | 118 | — | — | #760 |
| 1970 | 110 | — | — | #787 |
| 1969 | 125 | — | — | #704 |
| 1968 | 115 | — | — | #706 |
| 1967 | 143 | — | — | #629 |
| 1966 | 106 | — | — | #725 |
| 1965 | 111 | — | — | #711 |
| 1964 | 123 | — | — | #698 |
| 1963 | 127 | — | — | #690 |
| 1962 | 137 | — | #7,521 | #676 |
| 1961 | 150 | — | — | #639 |
| 1960 | 150 | — | — | #638 |
| 1959 | 142 | — | — | #649 |
| 1958 | 153 | — | — | #623 |
| 1957 | 163 | — | — | #602 |
| 1956 | 164 | — | — | #595 |
| 1955 | 163 | — | — | #577 |
| 1954 | 172 | — | — | #557 |
| 1953 | 164 | — | — | #554 |
| 1952 | 185 | — | — | #514 |
| 1951 | 177 | — | — | #513 |
| 1950 | 168 | — | — | #517 |
| 1949 | 175 | — | — | #504 |
| 1948 | 196 | — | — | #478 |
| 1947 | 168 | — | — | #524 |
| 1946 | 158 | — | — | #511 |
| 1945 | 114 | — | — | #566 |
| 1944 | 156 | — | — | #490 |
| 1943 | 155 | — | — | #499 |
| 1942 | 144 | — | — | #511 |
| 1941 | 139 | — | — | #494 |
| 1940 | 154 | — | — | #467 |
| 1939 | 144 | — | — | #476 |
| 1938 | 153 | — | — | #469 |
| 1937 | 122 | — | — | #525 |
| 1936 | 121 | — | — | #513 |
| 1935 | 171 | — | — | #429 |
| 1934 | 143 | — | — | #477 |
| 1933 | 145 | — | #4,808 | #476 |
| 1932 | 161 | — | — | #444 |
| 1931 | 147 | — | — | #469 |
| 1930 | 148 | — | — | #489 |
| 1929 | 158 | — | — | #466 |
| 1928 | 174 | — | — | #460 |
| 1927 | 181 | — | — | #456 |
| 1926 | 173 | — | — | #459 |
| 1925 | 192 | — | — | #429 |
| 1924 | 177 | — | — | #463 |
| 1923 | 201 | — | — | #426 |
| 1922 | 194 | — | — | #434 |
| 1921 | 204 | — | #5,799 | #434 |
| 1920 | 190 | — | — | #440 |
| 1919 | 164 | — | — | #463 |
| 1918 | 187 | — | — | #429 |
| 1917 | 159 | — | — | #449 |
| 1916 | 160 | — | — | #442 |
| 1915 | 133 | — | — | #484 |
| 1914 | 111 | — | — | #458 |
| 1913 | 99 | — | — | #429 |
| 1912 | 75 | — | — | #460 |
| 1911 | 51 | — | — | #403 |
| 1910 | 43 | — | — | #413 |
| 1909 | 36 | — | — | #418 |
| 1908 | 33 | — | — | #421 |
| 1907 | 38 | — | — | #365 |
| 1906 | 32 | — | — | #386 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | — | #450 |
| 1904 | 29 | — | — | #389 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | — | #468 |
| 1902 | 21 | — | — | #474 |
| 1901 | 25 | — | — | #379 |
| 1900 | 34 | — | — | #384 |
| 1899 | 14 | — | — | #546 |
| 1898 | 33 | — | — | #338 |
| 1897 | 25 | — | — | #383 |
| 1896 | 32 | — | — | #337 |
| 1895 | 43 | — | — | #272 |
| 1894 | 34 | — | — | #304 |
| 1893 | 36 | — | — | #291 |
| 1892 | 27 | — | — | #374 |
| 1891 | 34 | — | — | #282 |
| 1890 | 32 | — | — | #310 |
| 1889 | 19 | — | — | #431 |
| 1888 | 25 | — | — | #375 |
| 1887 | 27 | — | — | #324 |
| 1886 | 38 | — | — | #279 |
| 1885 | 33 | — | — | #296 |
| 1884 | 23 | — | — | #373 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | — | #494 |
| 1882 | 15 | — | — | #487 |
| 1881 | 18 | — | — | #413 |
| 1880 | 29 | — | — | #317 |