# Ulrich (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ulrich/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 500 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 500 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 8,031 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,682 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,513 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,285 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,729 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6,035 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,102 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,316 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,829 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,960 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7,060 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,933 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,264 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,803 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,587 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Ulrich

- Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, German classical philologist (1848-1931)
- Ulrich Mühe, German actor (1953–2007)
- Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor
- Ulrich Ramé, French footballer (born 1972)
- Ulrich Seidl, Austrian film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (1860–1934)
- Ulrich von Jungingen, German noble (1360-1410)
- Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop and saint (890–973)
- Ulrich Biesinger, German footballer (1933-2011)
- Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, Brazilian Franciscan Cardinal; 7th Archbishop of Manaus
- Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, German diplomat (1869-1928)
- Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer

## 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.