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“heritage + ruler”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Ulrik is a masculine given name documented in French, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old High German Uodalrich via German. English Wiktionary gives the components heritage + ruler.
Separate records with matching spellings: Úlrik (Icelandic)
Meaning: “heritage + ruler”
From German Ulrich, from Old High German Uodalrich (Odalric, Udalric), from uodal (“heritage, homestead”) + rihhi (“ruler”). Cognate with Old Norse Óðalríkr.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2025: 5 boys (rank 12008).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Ulrik
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 4 | 354 | observed |
| 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 | 349 | observed |
| 1952 | 5 | 351 | observed |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | 5 | 374 | 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 | 5 | 465 | observed |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 7 | 456 | observed |
| 1974 | 8 | 448 | observed |
| 1975 | 5 | 547 | observed |
| 1976 | 9 | 414 | observed |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | 9 | 424 | observed |
| 1980 | 5 | 558 | observed |
| 1981 | 5 | 575 | observed |
| 1982 | 5 | 552 | observed |
| 1983 | 9 | 431 | observed |
| 1984 | 6 | 523 | observed |
| 1985 | 9 | 433 | observed |
| 1986 | 8 | 447 | observed |
| 1987 | 12 | 352 | observed |
| 1988 | 22 | 240 | observed |
| 1989 | 28 | 216 | observed |
| 1990 | 22 | 239 | observed |
| 1991 | 22 | 248 | observed |
| 1992 | 34 | 189 | observed |
| 1993 | 21 | 254 | observed |
| 1994 | 38 | 167 | observed |
| 1995 | 32 | 189 | observed |
| 1996 | 42 | 158 | observed |
| 1997 | 61 | 121 | observed |
| 1998 | 58 | 120 | observed |
| 1999 | 54 | 123 | observed |
| 2000 | 66 | 111 | observed |
| 2001 | 65 | 103 | observed |
| 2002 | 69 | 103 | observed |
| 2003 | 62 | 112 | observed |
| 2004 | 74 | 105 | observed |
| 2005 | 79 | 99 | observed |
| 2006 | 71 | 110 | observed |
| 2007 | 89 | 91 | observed |
| 2008 | 85 | 101 | observed |
| 2009 | 89 | 94 | observed |
| 2010 | 117 | 79 | observed |
| 2011 | 131 | 70 | observed |
| 2012 | 131 | 66 | observed |
| 2013 | 131 | 65 | observed |
| 2014 | 144 | 56 | observed |
| 2015 | 142 | 57 | observed |
| 2016 | 174 | 43 | observed |
| 2017 | 176 | 38 | observed |
| 2018 | 191 | 28 | observed |
| 2019 | 189 | 29 | observed |
| 2020 | 164 | 25 | observed |
| 2021 | 197 | 24 | observed |
| 2022 | 230 | 16 | observed |
| 2023 | 227 | 20 | observed |
| 2024 | 250 | 15 | observed |
| 2025 | 259 | 14 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Ulrik” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Ulrik— “noble ruler”
Ulrik, _m._ _Fris._ Teu. noble ruler, 409
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Swedish singer, songwriter, musician
Swedish footballer
Danish noble and general (1638-1704)
Danish footballer (1946–2024)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · 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
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · 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
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · 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.
