Is Ulysses a boy or girl name?

Ulysses is primarily a boy name in U.S. records: about 0% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Ulysses?

The average Ulysses alive today is an estimated 38 years old. People named Ulysses were most often born around 1999.

When was the name Ulysses most popular?

Ulysses peaked in 1999 with 272 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Ulysses have?

In one report's words: monumental, bookish, unbudging. Ulysses ranks #1938 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Ulysses — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe

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Origin & Meaning

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Latin form of the Greek Odysseus, the wandering king of Ithaca. In the United States, it entered regular circulation primarily through Civil War general and eighteenth president Ulysses S. Grant, whose parents originally selected it from an ancient history book. It has lingered ever since as a deliberately weighty classical choice.

Also answers toUly, Sly

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

SSA Data

1880 peak: 272 souls, A.D. 1999 2025

2025: 169 born, holding steady

Estimated Age

38 yrs

Most Ulyssess were born around 1999 — old enough to remember dial-up.

Peak Reign

1999

№642 that year

Generation

Gen Z, 26%

then Millennial 19% · Gen Alpha 19%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈19K ever born · holding steady

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Ulysses grew up with

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MySpace Top 8·iPod earbuds·flip phones

Generation Distribution — Living Ulyssess

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Silent 5%Boomer 18%Gen X 14%Millennial 19%Gen Z 26%Gen Alpha 19%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Ulysses peaked in 1999.

Estimated average age: 38.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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Public Opinion Ledger

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First Impressions

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The name suggests a five-pound hardcover or an equestrian statue before it suggests a sandbox. It carries the distinct cadence of nineteenth-century military history, yet its demographic peak occurred in 1999. A bearer is routinely asked whether his parents were historians or Joyce enthusiasts, and the answer is rarely neither.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

With roughly nineteen thousand total registrations recorded since 1880, the name has maintained a persistent low-volume presence without ever cracking the national top five hundred.

Field Note 02

The record shows its highest single-year usage in 1999, when 272 boys received the name.

Field Note 03

More than a quarter of all living bearers belong to Generation Z, giving a name forged in ancient epic a surprisingly youthful median reality.

Notable Ulyssess

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Ulysses S. Grant18th U.S. President and Civil War commanding general, b. 1822

Ulysses Kayneoclassical composer, b. 1917

Adjacent Names

Homer · Cyrus · Silas · Orson · Virgil · Cassius

Ephemera — If Ulysses were a…

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City

Galena, Illinois

Artifact

Heavy wool overcoat

Sound

Turning of heavy bond paper

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