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How popular is “Ulysses” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ulysses” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ulysses” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ulysses” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ulysses” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ulysses” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ulysses” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ulysses” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 29 0.000143932 29 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 -100%
1884 23 0.000094471 23 -100%
1885 33 0.000137012 33 -100%
1886 38 0.000148835 38 -100%
1887 27 0.000109139 27 -100%
1888 25 0.00008348 25 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 32 0.000106171 32 -100%
1891 34 0.000118602 34 -100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 -100%
1893 36 0.000110693 36 -100%
1894 34 0.000100387 34 -100%
1895 43 0.0001225 43 -100%
1896 32 0.000089514 32 -100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 -100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 34 0.000075512 34 -100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 -100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 -100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 -100%
1907 38 0.000081652 38 -100%
1908 33 0.000067533 33 -100%
1909 36 0.000070419 36 -100%
1910 43 0.000072794 43 -100%
1911 51 0.000079158 51 -100%
1912 75 0.000075906 75 -100%
1913 99 0.000087063 99 -100%
1914 111 0.000078371 111 -100%
1915 133 0.000072581 133 -100%
1916 160 0.000082712 160 -100%
1917 159 0.000079233 159 -100%
1918 187 0.000086131 187 -100%
1919 164 0.000077716 164 -100%
1920 190 0.000083973 190 -100%
1921 204 0.000087385 5 199 -95%
1922 194 0.000084747 194 -100%
1923 201 0.000087297 201 -100%
1924 177 0.000074319 177 -100%
1925 192 0.000082287 192 -100%
1926 173 0.000075352 173 -100%
1927 181 0.000078039 181 -100%
1928 174 0.000076959 174 -100%
1929 158 0.000072075 158 -100%
1930 148 0.000066568 148 -100%
1931 147 0.000069854 147 -100%
1932 161 0.000076257 161 -100%
1933 145 0.00007252 5 140 -93%
1934 143 0.000068855 143 -100%
1935 171 0.000081822 171 -100%
1936 121 0.000058241 121 -100%
1937 122 0.000057259 122 -100%
1938 153 0.00006915 153 -100%
1939 144 0.000065352 144 -100%
1940 154 0.000066878 154 -100%
1941 139 0.000057051 139 -100%
1942 144 0.000052712 144 -100%
1943 155 0.000054915 155 -100%
1944 156 0.000057991 156 -100%
1945 114 0.000042972 114 -100%
1946 158 0.000049448 158 -100%
1947 168 0.000046637 168 -100%
1948 196 0.00005677 196 -100%
1949 175 0.000050218 175 -100%
1950 167 0.000047669 167 -100%
1951 178 0.00004832 178 -100%
1952 185 0.00004871 185 -100%
1953 164 0.000042557 164 -100%
1954 172 0.000043208 172 -100%
1955 163 0.000040597 163 -100%
1956 164 0.000039777 164 -100%
1957 163 0.00003879 163 -100%
1958 153 0.000037011 153 -100%
1959 142 0.000034151 142 -100%
1960 150 0.000036111 150 -100%
1961 150 0.000036212 150 -100%
1962 137 0.00003395 5 132 -93%
1963 127 0.000032085 127 -100%
1964 123 0.000031639 123 -100%
1965 111 0.000030617 111 -100%
1966 106 0.000030498 106 -100%
1967 143 0.000042122 143 -100%
1968 115 0.00003404 115 -100%
1969 125 0.000035968 125 -100%
1970 110 0.0000305 110 -100%
1971 118 0.000034379 118 -100%
1972 104 0.000033089 104 -100%
1973 108 0.000035798 108 -100%
1974 96 0.000031579 96 -100%
1975 108 0.000035769 108 -100%
1976 114 0.00003757 114 -100%
1977 96 0.000030222 96 -100%
1978 124 0.000039069 124 -100%
1979 122 0.00003667 122 -100%
1980 121 0.000035128 121 -100%
1981 123 0.000035556 123 -100%
1982 105 0.000029932 105 -100%
1983 103 0.00002974 103 -100%
1984 110 0.00003153 110 -100%
1985 124 0.000034743 124 -100%
1986 143 0.000040202 5 138 -93%
1987 170 0.000047149 170 -100%
1988 180 0.000048714 180 -100%
1989 177 0.00004604 177 -100%
1990 184 0.000046553 184 -100%
1991 164 0.000042102 5 159 -94%
1992 151 0.00003931 151 -100%
1993 146 0.000038724 146 -100%
1994 139 0.000037389 139 -100%
1995 140 0.000038229 140 -100%
1996 178 0.000048805 178 -100%
1997 155 0.00004275 155 -100%
1998 214 0.000058181 214 -100%
1999 272 0.000073636 272 -100%
2000 217 0.000057409 217 -100%
2001 226 0.000060373 226 -100%
2002 208 0.00005564 208 -100%
2003 145 0.000038135 145 -100%
2004 155 0.000040566 155 -100%
2005 177 0.000046036 177 -100%
2006 178 0.000044993 178 -100%
2007 191 0.000047778 191 -100%
2008 191 0.000048592 191 -100%
2009 196 0.000051307 196 -100%
2010 183 0.000049516 183 -100%
2011 179 0.000048937 179 -100%
2012 167 0.000045661 167 -100%
2013 165 0.000045259 165 -100%
2014 173 0.000046676 173 -100%
2015 181 0.000048907 181 -100%
2016 144 0.000039251 144 -100%
2017 157 0.000043901 157 -100%
2018 170 0.000048352 170 -100%
2019 204 0.000058774 204 -100%
2020 188 0.000056278 188 -100%
2021 180 0.000053129 180 -100%
2022 191 0.000056457 191 -100%
2023 169 0.000051039 169 -100%
2024 152 0.000045666 152 -100%

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