Wulfric
A masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "power of wolf".
Name Census estimates that about 80 living Americans carry the first name Wulfric. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Wulfric today is around 7 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Wulfric births was 2022 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Wulfric. 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
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Wulfric. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
80
~ 1 in 4,284,429 Americans
Peak year
2022
12 babies that year
Average age
7
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,254
Tracked since 2012
Popularity
Wulfric: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Wulfric from the 2010s through to the 2020s, spanning 2 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 45 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Wulfric remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Wulfric 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 Wulfric 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 Wulfric
The name Wulfric has its origins in Old English and Anglo-Saxon cultures from the 5th to 11th centuries. It is a compound name derived from the Old English words "wulf" meaning wolf and "ric" meaning power or rule. The name can therefore be understood to mean "wolf ruler" or "wolf power".
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name is found in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, an important historical record of the time. The name appears referring to Wulfric Spot, an early 11th century nobleman and landowner in Wiltshire, England. Around the same time period, Wulfric the Illiterate was an early 11th century abbot of the monastery of New Minster in Winchester.
In the 9th century, Wulfric was the name of an Anglo-Saxon Earl who witnessed a charter issued by King Beorhtric of Wessex in 800 AD. Later in the 11th century, Wulfric of Haselbury was a wealthy Anglo-Saxon landowner who founded the church of St. John the Baptist in Somerset, England around 1065.
A more famous bearer of the name was Wulfric of Mercia, who lived in the early 11th century and was a powerful Anglo-Saxon nobleman and Earl of Mercia from 1007 to 1053. He played an influential role in the politics of England during the reigns of several kings.
Moving into the Middle Ages, Wulfric or Wulfrick was also the name of an Archdeacon of Wolverhampton in the late 12th century. He served under Roger de Molbray, the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield between 1186 and 1195.
People
Wulfric + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Wulfric as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with W
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Wulfric: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wulfric?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 80 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Wulfric 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 4,284,429 US residents.
Is Wulfric a common name?
We classify Wulfric as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 81 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Wulfric most popular?
The single biggest year for Wulfric was 2022, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Wulfric is about 7 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Wulfric a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Wulfric 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.