boys:
1.3k births since 1971
#3331 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1971
#6461 (16th percentile)
The name Ulisses is the #6,461 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,281 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 16.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,331 (27.3% percentile) for all time with 1,281 births since 1971.
Ulisses first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for boys in 1971). Birth data for Ulisses is available in 48 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ulisses reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #742) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 33 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ulisses ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 19.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ulisses".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ulisses", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 12 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ulysses" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ulysses..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Ulisses. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.9% confident that Ulisses is pronounced as yue-LIH-seez, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is UE-LEE-sihz, at 18.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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