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Ulus

Boys' name

From Ancient Greek Ωλους; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ulus has been given to 155 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Ulus, 1959

1 in 832,000

Ulus over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ulus: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Ωλους; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ulus means

Ulus is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ulus is used in Turkish.

Ulus comes through Ancient Greek Ωλους.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Ulus is pronounced /uˈɫus/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 155 boys were recorded with the name Ulus between 1913 and 1959. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1924; its best national rank was #2,310 in 1932.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ulus?

Ulus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1959, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1959
1 in 832,000
5 of 4,157,642 births
Among boys only
1 in 427,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1959
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
576,373 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ulus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1959 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 576,373 children born in 1959 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ulus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Uluss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ulus was born before 1924 — so the typical Ulus is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
15
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1920s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Ulus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1924 (13)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,310
1932

Spellings of Ulus

Ulus is not the most common spelling — Luis is, with 62.1% against Ulus's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ulus around the world

Where Ulus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2008
    #4,432
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ulus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,310
1932
Peak year
1924
13 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1959
All-time count
155
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ulus

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ulus

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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