Oldrich

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Oldrich has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Oldrich, 1922

1 in 327,000

Oldrich over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Oldrich: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Oldrich means

Oldrich is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Oldrich is used in Slovak.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovak, Oldrich is pronounced /ˈɔɫdrix/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Oldrich between 1916 and 1922. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,885 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Oldrich?

Oldrich had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1922, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1922: 1 in 327,000; 7 of 2,289,103 births
Among boys only: 1 in 155,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1922: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 226,670 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Oldrich sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1922 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 226,670 children born in 1922 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Oldrich. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Oldrichs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Oldrich was born before 1917 — so the typical Oldrich is around 108 today.

Median birth year: 1917; About 108 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 68.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 68.2% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Oldrich rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (9)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 50.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,885; 1917

Spellings of Oldrich

Oldrich is not the most common spelling — Aldrich is, with 36.7% against Oldrich's 1.3%.

Aldrich36.7%614
Aldric32.1%538
Ulrich29.9%500
Oldrich1.3%22

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Oldrich around the world

Where Oldrich ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1927–1927
#965
in 1927

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Oldrich by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,885; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 9 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1922
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Oldrich

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Meilich Emerich Oldair Derrich Roderich Kendrich Chadwich Diedrich Kenrich Patrich Zurich Eldrich Henrich Detrich Emmerich Aldrich Shedrich Mich Deitrich Ulrich Heinrich Olden Friedrich Fredrich

Sibling names for Oldrich

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albina Nelle Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie Dovie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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