Ulises
- Pronunciation
- [U-li-ses]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of The Greek Name Odysseus. Ulysses Was The Clever And Resourceful Mythological Hero Of Homer's Epic The Odyssey.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Ulises
Ulises is the Spanish form of Ulysses, the Latin name for the Greek hero Odysseus — the clever, resourceful king of Ithaca whose long voyage home anchors Homer's epic The Odyssey. The name carries all the romance of that legendary journey: cunning, endurance, and the deep pull of homecoming, wrapped in a melodic Spanish cadence that softens its ancient gravity into something warm and approachable.
Its appeal lies in that heroic literary heritage paired with a flowing, musical sound. Ulises reads as both classical and distinctly Hispanic, a name that quietly signals intelligence, resilience, and adventure, and it has long been a favorite among Spanish-speaking families drawn to its mythic resonance and its echoes of one of literature's most enduring heroes.
Ulises first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2000 and has appeared there since, reaching its peak in 2006 at rank #526. It remains in the rankings, listed at #911 in 2024 with 256 boys given the name, and had stood at #946 in 2021. Having accumulated 8,014 boys across its top-1000 run, Ulises is an epic, storied name that has held a steady place in American naming for a quarter-century, carrying the weight of legend lightly and the romance of the long voyage home in every flowing, musical syllable of its Spanish form.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Ulises
US Popularity History (2000–2024)
Annual US births named Ulises by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2006 with 487 boys named Ulises (boy rank #526 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2024, ranked #911 for boys (256 US births). That's 385 places below its 2006 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Ulises Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ulises the strongest states are California, Texas, Arizona.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #501 | 596 |
| 2 | Texas | #544 | 505 |
| 3 | Arizona | #625 | 88 |
| 4 | Oregon | #639 | 17 |
| 5 | Colorado | #699 | 36 |
| 6 | Illinois | #801 | 70 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #846 | 29 |
| 8 | Washington | #867 | 28 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #867 | 28 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #846 | 29 |
| 3 | Illinois | #801 | 70 |
| 4 | Colorado | #699 | 36 |
| 5 | Oregon | #639 | 17 |
| 6 | Arizona | #625 | 88 |
| 7 | Texas | #544 | 505 |
| 8 | California | #501 | 596 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ulises in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Ulises to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Ulises against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).