Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ulisses

#4,071 most common boys' name of all time · #9,962 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#4,071
Rank overall
#9,962 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,312
Since 2016
156
Peak year
1999 #1,600
Best rank
#1,600 1999
Girls Boys peak 68/yr
198020002020

Ulisses first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 16 16 #5,682
2024 — 15 15 #5,980
2023 — 12 12 #7,017
2022 — 19 19 #5,081
2021 — 22 22 #4,536
2020 — 15 15 #5,787
2019 — 9 9 #8,391
2018 — 15 15 #5,850
2017 — 15 15 #5,889
2016 — 18 18 #5,190
2015 — 27 27 #3,927
2014 — 25 25 #4,054
2013 — 24 24 #4,114
2012 — 30 30 #3,567
2011 — 24 24 #4,148
2010 — 47 47 #2,604
2009 — 68 68 #2,041
2008 — 47 47 #2,658
2007 — 52 52 #2,454
2006 — 45 45 #2,643
2005 — 40 40 #2,725
2004 — 41 41 #2,617
2003 — 43 43 #2,452
2002 — 50 50 #2,145
2001 — 58 58 #1,905
2000 — 60 60 #1,810
1999 — 68 68 #1,600
1998 — 40 40 #2,255
1997 — 34 34 #2,424
1996 — 27 27 #2,800
1995 — 28 28 #2,661
1994 — 24 24 #3,002
1993 — 22 22 #3,100
1992 — 27 27 #2,645
1991 — 33 33 #2,213
1990 — 23 23 #2,840
1989 — 20 20 #3,068
1988 — 23 23 #2,579
1987 — 18 18 #2,918
1986 — 22 22 #2,494
1985 — 12 12 #3,750
1984 — 5 5 #6,831
1983 — 9 9 #4,404
1982 — 6 6 #6,060
1981 — 8 8 #4,823
1980 — 6 6 #5,972
1979 — 5 5 #6,654
1976 — 5 5 #6,130
1973 — 5 5 #5,682
1971 — 5 5 #5,646