Ulrike — girls' name
46 babies named Ulrike in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Ulrike was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ulrike in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulrike
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Ulrike between 1958 and 1978, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ulrike currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulrike performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ulrike shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulrike 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 46 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.
Ulrike at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ulrike popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1958
- Peak year (1964)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
46 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 7 births in a single year.
Ulrike by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 24 births that decade — 52% of Ulrike's all-time total
Ulrike decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Ulrike's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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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, 1958–1978 (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.