Ute

Girls' name

Riches

Ute has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 1960. 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 1963, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Ute, 1967

1 in 566,000

Ute over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ute: meaning, origin, and history

Riches

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ute means

Ute means “riches”, associated with ot.

Origin, language, and formation

Ute is used in German.

Ute comes through Middle High German Uote.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Oda.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Ute is pronounced /ˈuːtə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 30 girls were recorded with the name Ute between 1960 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1963; its best national rank was #5,269 in 1963.

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 Ute?

Ute had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1967, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1967: 1 in 566,000; 6 of 3,394,772 births
Among girls only: 1 in 275,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1967: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 392,181 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ute sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1967 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 392,181 children born in 1967 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ute. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Utes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ute was born before 1964 — so the typical Ute is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 30; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Ute 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 1963 (8)
Years since peak: 62; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,269; 1963

Ute around the world

Where Ute 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
1941–1944
#416
in 1944
South Australia
1953–1961
#665
in 1961

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ute by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,269; 1963
Peak year: 1963; 8 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1967
All-time count: 30
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ute

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

Birute Danute

Sibling names for Ute

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

Jonna Edie Pennie Nannette Alesia Moira Lolita Lanette

For a brother

Greggory Berry Chet Rob Richie Vince Kennedy Tod

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