# Ulrike (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ulrike/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 46 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 46 (100% 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 5 | 6,972 |
| 1959 | 6 | 6,199 |
| 1964 | 7 | 5,977 |
| 1965 | 6 | 6,496 |
| 1966 | 6 | 6,528 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,794 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,951 |
| 1978 | 5 | 11,407 |

## People named Ulrike

- Ulrike Meinhof, German left-wing militant, journalist and author (1934–1976)
- Ulrike Meyfarth, German former high jumper
- Ulrike Lunacek, Austrian politician
- Ulrike Richter, East German swimmer
- Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer
- Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (1967-1994)
- Ulrike Holzner, bobsledder
- Ulrike Bruns, East German middle distance runner
- Ulrike Ottinger, German filmmaker and photographer (born 1942)
- Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
- Ulrike Maisch, German marathon runner and European champion
- Ulrike Klotz, East German gymnast

## 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.