Ulric — #12395 US boys' name
506 babies named Ulric in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
19% of everyone ever named Ulric was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ulric in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulric
The Social Security Administration has registered 506 babies named Ulric between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ulric currently holds the #12395 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulric performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ulric shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ulric in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulric in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 506 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ulric at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ulric popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #12395 among boys.
506 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 15 births in a single year.
Ulric by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 95 births that decade — 19% of Ulric's all-time total
Ulric decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ulric's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Ulric by state
Where Ulric concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 506 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.