Ulrika
Meaning and origin
Latinate feminine form of Ulrik. First recorded in Sweden in 1679. Cognate with Danish Ulrikke and German Ulrike.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ulrika (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ulrika has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 22 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 18,876 |
| 2000 | 19,058 |
| 2001 | 19,207 |
| 2002 | 19,313 |
| 2003 | 19,508 |
| 2004 | 19,563 |
| 2005 | 19,522 |
| 2006 | 19,536 |
| 2007 | 19,511 |
| 2008 | 19,555 |
| 2009 | 19,530 |
| 2010 | 19,491 |
| 2011 | 19,438 |
| 2012 | 19,411 |
| 2013 | 19,361 |
| 2014 | 19,311 |
| 2015 | 19,286 |
| 2016 | 19,249 |
| 2017 | 19,218 |
| 2018 | 19,193 |
| 2019 | 19,159 |
| 2020 | 19,135 |
Ulrika in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ulrika.Hi! My name is Ulrika.
- Ulrika bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ulrika lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Ulrika i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ulrika this afternoon.
- Ulrikas mamma är lärare.Ulrika's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ulrikas mamma is Ulrika's mum.
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Questions about Ulrika
How do you pronounce Ulrika in Swedish?
In IPA, Ulrika is /ɵl²riːka/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Ulrika mean?
Latinate feminine form of Ulrik. First recorded in Sweden in 1679. Cognate with Danish Ulrikke and German Ulrike.
How popular is Ulrika in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ulrika in 2022. In 2020, 19,135 people in Sweden had Ulrika as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.