# Ulrica (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ulrica/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “ruler of all”, “wolf[like] ruler” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 61 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 61 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A feminine form of the male given name Ulric (modern German Ulrich), Germanic for "ruler of all" or "wolf[like] ruler".

## What it means

Ulrica is grouped under king.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5 | 7,475 |
| 1967 | 8 | 5,431 |
| 1970 | 8 | 6,338 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,605 |
| 1973 | 6 | 8,380 |
| 1974 | 5 | 10,182 |
| 1975 | 8 | 7,140 |
| 1977 | 5 | 11,258 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,702 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11,903 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Oldřiška
- Danish: Ulrikka, Ulrikke
- Dutch: Ulrica, Ulrika, Ulrike, Ulrikka
- Finnish: Ulla, Ulriikka
- French: Ulrique, Ulrica
- German: Ulrike, Ulka, Uli, Rica
- Hungarian: Ulrika
- Italian: Ulrica
- Norwegian: Ulrike, Ulrikke
- Polish: Ulryka
- Portuguese: Ulrica
- Russian: Ульри́ка
- Slovak: Ulrika
- Spanish: Ulrica
- Swedish: Ulrika, Ulla

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.