Ulrik

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ulrik: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ulrik: Recorded since 1946, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #14, reached in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#14highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for
10names it appears alongside

What stands out in Ulrik's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence
Shares a published list with another name across 56 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1946–2025

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#364
1951	#371
1952	#377
1954	#401
1965	#508
1973	#482
1974	#479
1975	#587
1976	#433
1979	#448
1980	#608
1981	#617
1982	#598
1983	#456
1984	#566
1985	#455
1986	#486
1987	#373
1988	#245
1989	#222
1990	#242
1991	#254
1992	#192
1993	#260
1994	#169
1995	#194
1996	#158
1997	#123
1998	#121
1999	#127
2000	#112
2001	#105
2002	#104
2003	#114
2004	#105
2005	#99
2006	#110
2007	#91
2008	#103
2009	#95
2010	#79
2011	#70
2012	#66
2013	#65
2014	#57
2015	#58
2016	#43
2017	#39
2018	#28
2019	#30
2020	#26
2021	#24
2022	#16
2023	#22
2024	#16
2025	#14

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 56 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1946–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #364 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #14 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #14 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Ulrik by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ulrik in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	15	3 of 10	5
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	38	5 of 10	8
1980s	109	10 of 10	11
1990s	384	10 of 10	38
2000s	749	10 of 10	75
2010s	1,526	10 of 10	153
2020sbusiest	1,327	6 of 10	221

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 221 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ulrik appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in Norway in 2025.

Ulrik's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	male	#14	259	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#16	250	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#22	227	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#16	230	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#24	197	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#26	164	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#30	189	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#28	191	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#39	176	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#43	174	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#58	142	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#57	144	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#65	131	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#66	131	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#70	131	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#79	117	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#95	89	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#103	85	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#91	89	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#110	71	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#99	79	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#105	74	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#114	62	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#104	69	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#105	65	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#112	66	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#127	54	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#121	58	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#123	61	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#158	42	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#194	32	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#169	38	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#260	21	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#192	34	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#254	22	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#242	22	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#222	28	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#245	22	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#373	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#486	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#455	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#566	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#456	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#598	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#617	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#608	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#448	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#433	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#479	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#482	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#401	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#377	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#371	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#364	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #14, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 259 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ulf · #79, 53y
Ulla · #166, 61y
Ulrikke · #189, 42y
Ultan · #146, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Grethe · #13, 60y
Gunn · #15, 60y
Ludvig · #13, 60y
Torill · #16, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Kjetil · #14, 75y
Rolf · #14, 81y
Stein · #14, 71y
Stig · #14, 69y

Comparisons involving Ulrik

Existing comparison pages where Ulrik and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Ulrik in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ulrik vs Erik
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ulrik rose about as far as Erik fell — from #364 and #25 in 1946 to #14 and #64 in 2025.
Ulrik · Erik · 56 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Morten vs Ulrik
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ulrik rose about as far as Morten fell — from #92 and #364 in 1946 to #214 and #14 in 2025.
Morten · Ulrik · 56 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ulrik vs Nils
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ulrik rose about as far as Nils fell — from #364 and #26 in 1946 to #14 and #61 in 2025.
Ulrik · Nils · 56 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Ulrik and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jacob vs Ulrik
In Norway · Boys, Ulrik moved into the top 50 at #28 in 2018 as Jacob fell out of it to #53, having been #34 the year before.
Jacob · Ulrik · 56 shared years, 1946–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2018 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Ulrik measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Ulrik at its highest position.

Kenneth vs Ulrik
Over 52 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ulrik rose about as far as Kenneth fell — from #275 and #364 in 1946 to #475 and #24 in 2021.
Kenneth · Ulrik · 52 shared years, 1946–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Kjetil vs Ulrik
Over 50 shared years in Norway · Boys, Ulrik rose about as far as Kjetil fell — from #202 and #364 in 1946 to #420 and #16 in 2022.
Kjetil · Ulrik · 50 shared years, 1946–2022 · Mirrored each other
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Isak vs Ulrik
Isak and Ulrik changed places 14 times in Norway · Boys between 1946 and 2025, ending at #6 and #14.
Isak · Ulrik · 55 shared years, 1946–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Ulrik was ranked #14 in Norway · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ulrik and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ulrik without appearing here.

Ulrik moved ahead of

Alan Compare
In 1987 they stood at #373 and #335 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #245 and #494.
Henry Compare
In 1987 they stood at #373 and #340 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #245 and #448.
Stephen Compare
In 1987 they stood at #373 and #314 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #245 and #436.
Phillip Compare
In 1982 they stood at #617 and #607 in Norway · Boys; by 1983 that had become #456 and #635.

Moved ahead of Ulrik

Noah Compare
In 2000 they stood at #112 and #177 in Norway · Boys; by 2001 that had become #105 and #77.
Oliver Compare
In 1996 they stood at #158 and #162 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #123 and #103.

Moved the opposite way to Ulrik

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 while Anders went from #64 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 while Arne went from #5 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Ulrik

Aksel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 and Aksel from #171 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 and Alfred from #142 to #26.
Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 and Colin from #326 to #119.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ulrik went from #364 to #14 and Daniel from #244 to #66.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #14 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ulrik

Ulrik at a glance

What stands out in Ulrik's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ulrik by decade in Norway · Boys

Ulrik appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Ulrik

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Ulrik

Ulrik and the names beside it

Ulrik moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ulrik

Moved the opposite way to Ulrik

Moved the same way as Ulrik

Ulrik at a glance

What stands out in Ulrik's record

Ulrik by decade in Norway · Boys

Ulrik appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Ulrik

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Ulrik

Ulrik and the names beside it

Ulrik moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ulrik

Moved the opposite way to Ulrik

Moved the same way as Ulrik