Boys' name · since 2003
Ulrik
69 babies named Ulrik in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,977 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,881 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
69 babies have been named Ulrik since 2003, making it today's #12881 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ulrik has been recorded 69 times among boys since 2003, currently ranked #12881 nationally and more common than 8% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #19,977 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,881 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ulrik ranks #19,977 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,881 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 69 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,977 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,881 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ulrik's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ulrik compares
69 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ulrik's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ulrik | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ulrik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ulrik splits its recorded history at 2020: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ulrik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Ulrik by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Ulrik's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ulrik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ulrik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ulrik draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.