Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ulysses

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ulysses
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

272

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

44.1%

2024

152

All-time

18,484

Ulysses has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 272 boys were named Ulysses.

In 2024, only 152 boys were given the name.

Down 44.1% from its peak.

All told, about 18,484 Americans have been named Ulysses and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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