# Ulysses name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/ulysses
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Ulysses ranked #1201 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #1164.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #1201
- Birth count: 169
- Rate per 10,000: 0.99

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Ulysses
- Rank: #1164
- Birth count: 177
- Rate per 10,000: 1.04
- Official count multiplier: 1.05x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.02
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.5%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1895
- Best rank year: 1895
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 28.3%

## Spelling components
- Ulysses: 169 births
- Ulyses: 8 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology