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Ulysses
Pronounced /juːˈlɪ.siːz/
Rank in 2024
#1,285
Born in 2024
152
Peak year
1999 · #642
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 152 boys were named Ulysses, about 1 in every 11,285.
- It peaked in 1999 with 272 babies, ranked #642.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 18,484 boys have been named Ulysses since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ulysses per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,949 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Silent: 2,644 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,030 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,821 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,327 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,054 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,074 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Ulyssēs, a frequent alternative form of Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Odysseus.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /juːˈlɪ.siːz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ulysses, CC BY-SA 4.0.