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Ulric

Old English roots

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Swedish

Origin: Old English
6 language contexts: English French Spanish +3 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Ulric

Ulric is a masculine given name documented in English, French, Spanish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English wulf via Old High German.

2 source accounts

Old English origin

Source-reported

From Old High German uodil (“heritage, homestead”) + rihhi (“ruler”); compare German Ulrich. English sources also suggest Old English wulf (“wolf”) + ric (“ruler”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Turkish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedEski Yüksek Almanca uodal sözcüğünden + rihhi. Ayrıca İngilizce kaynaklar şunu desteklerEski İngilizce wulf sözcüğünden + ric.

Eski Yüksek Almanca uodal sözcüğünden + rihhi. Ayrıca İngilizce kaynaklar şunu desteklerEski İngilizce wulf sözcüğünden + ric.

Sources for this account (1)

Turkish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Ulric is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Ulric’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 7 boys (rank 9714). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 18 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Ulric

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 7; applications; Rank #9,714
Peak year: 2021; 15 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Ulric in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	5	2,544	observed
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	9	2,271	observed
1915	11	2,310	observed
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	5	3,981	observed
1918	8	3,096	observed
1919	7	3,391	observed
1920	8	3,208	observed
1921	8	3,214	observed
1922	5	4,307	observed
1923	9	2,950	observed
1924	7	3,505	observed
1925	13	2,313	observed
1926	10	2,725	observed
1927	8	3,151	observed
1928	5	4,151	observed
1929	6	3,559	observed
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	9	2,651	observed
1932	8	2,849	observed
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	6	3,277	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	7	2,940	observed
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	5	3,430	observed
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	3,714	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	5	3,798	observed
1954	5	3,827	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	9	2,760	observed
1968	6	3,673	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	8	3,521	observed
1971	10	3,146	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	8	3,694	observed
1974	8	3,837	observed
1975	11	3,246	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	8	4,157	observed
1979	5	6,056	observed
1980	6	5,525	observed
1981	7	4,961	observed
1982	10	3,966	observed
1983	7	4,907	observed
1984	5	6,315	observed
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	8	5,200	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	11	4,673	observed
1991	5	8,236	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	9	5,868	observed
1995	6	7,792	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	7	8,339	observed
2002	7	8,456	observed
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	7	8,927	observed
2005	9	7,640	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	7	9,788	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	8	8,803	observed
2011	7	9,600	observed
2012	7	9,709	observed
2013	6	10,728	observed
2014	13	6,307	observed
2015	14	5,999	observed
2016	10	7,605	observed
2017	13	6,338	observed
2018	8	8,819	observed
2019	9	8,215	observed
2020	7	9,554	observed
2021	15	5,776	observed
2022	8	8,990	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	5	12,349	observed
2025	7	9,714	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Ulric” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Ulric Neisser
1928–2012
American psychologist (1928–2012)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Ulric with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q2087690CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ulric.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Ulric

Ulric is a masculine given name documented in English, French, Spanish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English wulf via Old High German.

2 source accounts

Old English origin

Source-reported

From Old High German uodil (“heritage, homestead”) + rihhi (“ruler”); compare German Ulrich. English sources also suggest Old English wulf (“wolf”) + ric (“ruler”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Turkish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedEski Yüksek Almanca uodal sözcüğünden + rihhi. Ayrıca İngilizce kaynaklar şunu desteklerEski İngilizce wulf sözcüğünden + ric.

Eski Yüksek Almanca uodal sözcüğünden + rihhi. Ayrıca İngilizce kaynaklar şunu desteklerEski İngilizce wulf sözcüğünden + ric.

Sources for this account (1)

Turkish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Ulric is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Ulric’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 7 boys (rank 9714). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 18 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Ulric

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 7; applications; Rank #9,714
Peak year: 2021; 15 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Ulric in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	5	2,544	observed
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	9	2,271	observed
1915	11	2,310	observed
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	5	3,981	observed
1918	8	3,096	observed
1919	7	3,391	observed
1920	8	3,208	observed
1921	8	3,214	observed
1922	5	4,307	observed
1923	9	2,950	observed
1924	7	3,505	observed
1925	13	2,313	observed
1926	10	2,725	observed
1927	8	3,151	observed
1928	5	4,151	observed
1929	6	3,559	observed
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	9	2,651	observed
1932	8	2,849	observed
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	6	3,277	observed
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	7	2,940	observed
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	5	3,430	observed
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	3,714	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	5	3,798	observed
1954	5	3,827	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	9	2,760	observed
1968	6	3,673	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	8	3,521	observed
1971	10	3,146	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	8	3,694	observed
1974	8	3,837	observed
1975	11	3,246	observed
1976	7	4,418	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	8	4,157	observed
1979	5	6,056	observed
1980	6	5,525	observed
1981	7	4,961	observed
1982	10	3,966	observed
1983	7	4,907	observed
1984	5	6,315	observed
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	8	5,200	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	11	4,673	observed
1991	5	8,236	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	9	5,868	observed
1995	6	7,792	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	7	8,339	observed
2002	7	8,456	observed
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	7	8,927	observed
2005	9	7,640	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	7	9,788	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	8	8,803	observed
2011	7	9,600	observed
2012	7	9,709	observed
2013	6	10,728	observed
2014	13	6,307	observed
2015	14	5,999	observed
2016	10	7,605	observed
2017	13	6,338	observed
2018	8	8,819	observed
2019	9	8,215	observed
2020	7	9,554	observed
2021	15	5,776	observed
2022	8	8,990	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	5	12,349	observed
2025	7	9,714	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q2087690CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: UlricCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ulric.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Ulric

About Ulric

Old English origin

Where Ulric is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Ulric Neisser

Ulrich

Ulrick

Ulrica

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Ulric

About Ulric

Old English origin

Where Ulric is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Ulric Neisser

Ulrich

Ulrick

Ulrica

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Ulric

Old English origin

Where Ulric is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Ulric Neisser

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Ulrich

Ulrick

Ulrica

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Ulric

Old English origin

Where Ulric is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Ulric Neisser

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Ulrich

Ulrick

Ulrica

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page