Ulyssa

Girls' name

Feminine form of Ulysses

Ulyssa has been given to 221 babies in the U.S. since 1984. 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 2000, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Ulyssa, 2024

1 in 371,000

Ulyssa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ulyssa: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Ulysses

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ulyssa means

Ulyssa is a feminine form of Ulysses.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ulyssa is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /juː.ˈlɪs.ə/ for Ulyssa.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ulysses.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 221 girls were recorded with the name Ulyssa between 1984 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2000; its best national rank was #5,615 in 1997.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ulyssa?

Ulyssa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 371,000; 9 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 180,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 257,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ulyssa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ulyssa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ulyssas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ulyssa was born before 2005 — so the typical Ulyssa is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 38.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 221; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 38.5% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Ulyssa 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (19)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 46.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,615; 1997

Spellings of Ulyssa

Ulyssa is not the most common spelling — Alyssa is, with 66.0% against Ulyssa's 0.05%.

Alyssa66.0%314,606
Alissa8.1%38,591
Julissa5.4%25,888
Elissa3.8%18,033
Alysha2.0%9,601
Alysia2.0%9,498
Elyssa1.5%7,272
Alysa1.5%7,050

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.

Where Ulyssa is used

Across 1910–2025, Ulyssa was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,131,748 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ulyssa has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ulyssa by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,615; 1997
Peak year: 2000; 19 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 221
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ulyssa

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

Ulyana Adessa Adassa Massa Edessa Aryssa Aleyssa Inessa Trissa Bryssa Ilissa Aylssa Genessa Essa Darissa Iridessa Janissa Naissa Leissa Aissa Crissa Chessa Mirissa Valissa

Sibling names for Ulyssa

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

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Lars

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