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.

Ulyses

#3,848 most common boys' name of all time · #9,368 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1905–2025

Rank among boys
#3,848
Rank overall
#9,368 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
1,446
Since 2016
80
Peak year
1998 #2,129
Best rank
#1,090 1905
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ulyses first appears in 1905. 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 — 8 8 #8,956
2023 — 7 7 #9,800
2022 — 11 11 #7,282
2021 — 7 7 #9,765
2020 — 12 12 #6,654
2018 — 10 10 #7,654
2017 — 17 17 #5,314
2016 — 8 8 #8,864
2015 — 10 10 #7,538
2014 — 12 12 #6,661
2013 — 12 12 #6,630
2012 — 16 16 #5,497
2011 — 14 14 #5,964
2010 — 20 20 #4,691
2009 — 21 21 #4,595
2008 — 17 17 #5,262
2007 — 25 25 #4,022
2006 — 22 22 #4,243
2005 — 27 27 #3,537
2004 — 28 28 #3,377
2003 — 25 25 #3,540
2002 — 36 36 #2,641
2001 — 33 33 #2,811
2000 — 30 30 #2,932
1999 — 24 24 #3,292
1998 — 43 43 #2,129
1997 — 20 20 #3,476
1996 — 29 29 #2,601
1995 — 12 12 #4,834
1994 — 12 12 #4,848
1993 — 18 18 #3,528
1992 — 11 11 #4,915
1991 — 20 20 #3,135
1990 — 21 21 #2,974
1989 — 22 22 #2,805
1988 — 6 6 #6,518
1985 — 8 8 #4,763
1984 — 8 8 #4,616
1983 — 7 7 #4,973
1982 — 10 10 #4,009
1981 — 15 15 #2,931
1978 — 9 9 #3,905
1977 — 7 7 #4,668
1976 — 6 6 #5,039
1974 — 5 5 #5,334
1972 — 7 7 #4,049
1971 — 9 9 #3,440
1970 — 6 6 #4,331
1968 — 6 6 #3,793
1967 — 11 11 #2,521
1961 — 5 5 #4,199
1959 — 6 6 #3,719
1958 — 5 5 #4,067
1957 — 9 9 #2,895
1956 — 8 8 #3,047
1954 — 8 8 #3,031
1953 — 6 6 #3,535
1952 — 6 6 #3,474
1951 — 9 9 #2,727
1950 — 9 9 #2,657
1949 — 8 8 #2,884
1948 — 10 10 #2,506
1947 — 16 16 #1,958
1946 — 6 6 #3,265
1945 — 8 8 #2,648
1944 — 8 8 #2,720
1943 — 7 7 #3,040
1942 — 11 11 #2,321
1941 — 9 9 #2,563
1940 — 20 20 #1,554
1938 — 9 9 #2,547
1937 — 13 13 #2,048
1936 — 12 12 #2,133
1935 — 16 16 #1,807
1934 — 9 9 #2,635
1933 — 18 18 #1,683
1932 — 28 28 #1,312
1931 — 20 20 #1,629
1930 — 20 20 #1,673
1929 — 17 17 #1,893
1928 — 23 23 #1,594
1927 — 22 22 #1,672
1926 — 16 16 #2,034
1925 — 23 23 #1,620
1924 — 20 20 #1,813
1923 — 26 26 #1,486
1922 — 9 9 #3,090
1921 — 21 21 #1,743
1920 — 21 21 #1,731
1919 — 11 11 #2,583
1918 — 11 11 #2,614
1917 — 19 19 #1,727
1916 — 26 26 #1,369
1915 — 19 19 #1,641
1914 — 14 14 #1,741
1913 — 10 10 #1,909
1912 — 10 10 #1,716
1911 — 10 10 #1,180
1909 — 6 6 #1,424
1907 — 6 6 #1,330
1905 — 7 7 #1,090