Ulrich
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OOL-rik
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Ulrich is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “heritage + power”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Ulrich mean?
Germanic: from Old High German Uodalrich
“heritage + power”
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg was the first saint formally canonised by a pope, in 993.
Is Ulrich a girl's or a boy's name?
Ulrich is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ulrich in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Ulrich, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had the most boys named Ulrich of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Ulrich in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ulrich in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Nicknames for Ulrich
- Uli
Names like Ulrich
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emmett Milo Henry Hendrix Everett Theo Archer Charlie Silas Noah Otto Shepherd
Names related to Ulrich
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte William Archie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles
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, “Ulrich: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ulrich, updated 20 October 2026.