Ulises is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Ulises means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Ulises across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Ulises has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Ulises is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “wrathful, or wounded in the thigh”. Spanish form of Ulysses, the Roman name for Odysseus.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 11,959 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Ulises per year, United States (1954 to 2025). United States peaked in 2006 (487/yr).
Ulises is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2006, when it ranked #1,122 nationally (given to 487 babies that year).
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