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Ulises

100% boys · 213 born in 2025

Ulises has been given to about 11,959 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2006, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 11,427
Median age today20 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ulises per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2006 · 487
  • Born in 2025213
  • All time11,959

How popular is Ulises?

Its best year was 2006, when 487 babies were given the name, ranking 526th. The typical living American called Ulises is about 20 years old today. It is relatively most common in California, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Ulises

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ulysses0.89
  2. Moises0.70
  3. Miles0.57
  4. Jules0.57
  5. Aries0.57
  6. Giles0.57
  7. Niles0.57
  8. Moses0.53

Middle names for Ulises

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ulises Paul0.83
  2. Ulises John0.83
  3. Ulises Blake0.82
  4. Ulises Wade0.82
  5. Ulises Ross0.82
  6. Ulises Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Ulises

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Tracebrother · 0.98
  2. Alonsobrother · 0.98
  3. Palomasister · 0.98
  4. Hanasister · 0.98
  5. Misaelbrother · 0.98
  6. Ilianasister · 0.98

Where Ulises is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. California0.02%
  2. Texas0.02%
  3. Arizona0.01%
  4. Washington0.01%
  5. North Carolina0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Ulises White0.78
  2. Ulises Nguyen0.78
  3. Ulises Moore0.78
  4. Ulises Hill0.78
  5. Ulises Hall0.78
  6. Ulises Brown0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Ulises

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025

Ulises across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.