# Ulrik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ulrik/  
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 | 69 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 69 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 10,813 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,554 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,659 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,626 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,982 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,920 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12,040 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,178 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,864 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,105 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,744 |

## People named Ulrik

- Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Danish noble and general (1638-1704)
- Ulrik le Fevre, Danish footballer (1946–2024)
- Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, commander-in-chief of the Danish army during the Dano-Swedish War
- Ulrik Wilbek, Danish politician and former handball coach
- Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø, 17th and 18th-century Danish nobleman and admiral (1678–1719)
- Ulrik Adolph Plesner, Danish architect (1861-1933)
- Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Danish harpsichordist and conductor
- Ulrik Laursen, Danish footballer
- Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop
- Ulrik Huber, Dutch philosopher (1636-1694)
- Ulrik Balling, Danish footballer
- Ulrik Adolf Holstein, Danish politician

## 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.