# Ulises (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ulises/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,959 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,944 / 15 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 15,161 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,662 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,682 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 357 | 663 |
| 2012 | 320 | 729 |
| 2013 | 272 | 805 |
| 2014 | 315 | 752 |
| 2015 | 237 | 912 |
| 2016 | 223 | 940 |
| 2017 | 229 | 923 |
| 2018 | 237 | 911 |
| 2019 | 270 | 836 |
| 2020 | 258 | 878 |
| 2021 | 240 | 946 |
| 2022 | 221 | 1,010 |
| 2023 | 221 | 999 |
| 2024 | 257 | 912 |
| 2025 | 213 | 1,043 |

## People named Ulises

- Ulises Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
- Ulises Poirier, Chilean footballer (1897-1977)
- Ulises Saucedo, Bolivian footballer (1896-1963)
- Ulises Segura, Costa Rican footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.