Ulice
Ulice is a feminine given name of Czech origin meaning "little street".
Name Census estimates that about 22 living Americans carry the first name Ulice. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Ulice today is around 81 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ulice births was 1931 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ulice. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Ulice is about 81 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Ulices were born before 1955.
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Ulice. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
22
~ 1 in 15,579,743 Americans
Peak year
1931
12 babies that year
Average age
81
years old
1964 SSA rank
#4,562
Tracked since 1913
Popularity
Ulice: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ulice from the 1910s through to the 1960s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 50 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ulice by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ulice during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ulice
The name Ulice is of Old French origin, derived from the medieval French name Ulisse, which itself was a variant spelling of the Latin name Ulysses. Ulysses, of course, was the legendary hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, written in the 8th century BC. In the Odyssey, Ulysses was the cunning and resourceful king of Ithaca who endured a long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War.
The name Ulice likely emerged in medieval France as a form of the Latin Ulysses, which had been adopted and adapted from the Greek Odysseus. The first recorded instances of the name Ulice can be found in French historical records from the 12th and 13th centuries, though it remained an uncommon name at the time.
One of the earliest known bearers of the name Ulice was a French knight named Ulice de Verneuil, who fought in the Fourth Crusade in the early 13th century. Another early figure was Ulice de Mâcon, a 13th-century French noblewoman who served as a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of France.
In the 14th century, an Italian merchant and explorer named Ulice Doria embarked on a famous voyage to the Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa, helping to establish trade routes and expand European knowledge of the region.
A notable bearer of the name in the 15th century was Ulice de Valois, a French nobleman and military commander who fought in the Hundred Years' War against the English. He was captured and held for ransom by the English in 1424 but was eventually released.
Moving into the 16th century, one of the most well-known figures named Ulice was the Italian painter and architect Ulice Romano, who was active in Rome during the Renaissance period and contributed to the design and decoration of several churches and palaces in the city.
People
Ulice + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ulice as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with U
Other first names starting with U with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ulice: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ulice?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 22 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ulice going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 15,579,743 US residents.
Is Ulice a common name?
We classify Ulice as "Very Rare". It ranks above 41.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 134 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ulice most popular?
The single biggest year for Ulice was 1931, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ulice is about 81 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Ulice a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ulice in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.