Ulric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- UL-rik
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Ulric is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “prosperity and power”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Ulric mean?
Germanic: English form of German Ulrich (Odalric); also from Old English Wulfric
“prosperity and power”
Saint Ulric (Ulrich) of Augsburg, a 10th-century bishop, was the first saint formally canonised by a pope.
Is Ulric a girl's or a boy's name?
Ulric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ulric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Ulric, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Ulric in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ulric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Ulric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Henry, Emmett, Milo, Charlie, Otto, Hugo, Everett, William, Isaac, Leo, August, Felix
Names related to Ulric
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Archie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ulric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ulric, updated 20 October 2026.