Uldis

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Uldis has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 1953. 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 1953, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Uldis, 1953

1 in 550,000

Uldis 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Uldis: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Uldis means

Uldis is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Uldis is used in Latvian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 boys were recorded with the name Uldis between 1953 and 1953. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1953; its best national rank was #3,410 in 1953.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Uldis?

Uldis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1953, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1953: 1 in 550,000; 7 of 3,852,460 births
Among boys only: 1 in 282,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1953: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 381,476 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Uldis 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 1953 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 381,476 children born in 1953 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Uldis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Uldiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Uldis was born before 1953 — so the typical Uldis is around 72 today.

Median birth year: 1953; About 72 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Uldis 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 1953 (7)
Years since peak: 72; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,410; 1953

Spellings of Uldis

Uldis is not the most common spelling — Luis is, with 76.1% against Uldis's <0.01%.

Luis76.1%292,959
Ellis13.1%50,403
Elvis4.7%17,971
Odis2.1%8,229
Alvis1.4%5,206
Lois0.69%2,644
Alois0.66%2,525
Ardis0.27%1,030

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.

Uldis around the world

Where Uldis 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.

South Australia
1950–1968
#520
in 1968

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Uldis 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: #3,410; 1953
Peak year: 1953; 7 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 1953
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Uldis

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

Ordis Kodis Kadis Vadis Andis Lodis Amadis Audis Eddis Cardis Jordis Kendis Gladis Hurdis Kiedis Aldis Herdis Mardis Rudis Cleodis Thaddis Thadis Gaddis Oddis

Sibling names for Uldis

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

Louann Nanci Randy Marita Jacalyn Oralia Luanne Kathlyn

For a brother

Jacky Ike Dannie Val Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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