Helga

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088

Peak · girls
1899 · 29 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,209
since 1882

Helga over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Helga has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #565, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#15,0885
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#11,7386
1991#13,1475
1990#12,9585
1989
1988#11,7985
1987
1986
1985
1984#6,29110
1983
1982#8,2247
1981
1980#8,1787
1979#5,42712
1978#4,67914
1977#4,65214
1976#4,36314
1975#4,14115
1974#4,45913
1973#3,34219
1972#3,89415
1971#2,59928
1970#3,43518
1969#2,45428
1968#2,53824
1967#2,21229
1966#2,09431
1965#2,34526
1964#2,10932
1963#1,86739
1962#1,94735
1961#1,53354
1960#1,78940
1959#1,61745
1958#1,52749
1957#1,84235
1956#2,15126
1955#1,94030
1954#2,02727
1953#2,59517
1952#2,07424
1951#2,93713
1950#2,53516
1949#3,8928
1948#2,97412
1947#2,89813
1946#2,88012
1945#2,23715
1944#2,62512
1943#2,44714
1942#1,98119
1941#2,53212
1940#1,44228
1939#1,42427
1938#1,26833
1937#1,45126
1936#1,80118
1935#1,91717
1934#1,69720
1933#1,83518
1932#1,95717
1931#1,39428
1930#1,93418
1929#1,64223
1928#1,63725
1927#2,25616
1926#1,77223
1925#2,01819
1924#1,92621
1923#1,55628
1922#1,36634
1921#1,98820
1920#1,81622
1919#1,44529
1918#1,23437
1917#1,07943
1916#1,01346
1915#1,05540
1914#1,03433
1913#1,00329
1912#97827
1911#98220
1910#97020
1909#1,21912
1908#1,00416
1907#77523
1906#1,00214
1905#79721
1904#83719
1903#89615
1902#1,02412
1901#79517
1900#88518
1899#56529
1898#61927
1897#68121
1896#62125
1895#72519
1894#71917
1893#64420
1892#59022
1891#58920
1890#64217
1889#68714
1888#69014
1887#7889
1886#60614
1885#9216
1884#7319
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Helga! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Helga is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Helga
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 315 spots in 1886 (#921#606)
  • Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1900 (#565#885)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1899 at #565 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1884–1901
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,035
  • Highest: 1 in 8,035 girls born in 1899 were named Helga (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 15.3% of all girls named Helga (338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s71#606 (1886)#762
1890s217#565 (1899)#640
1900s167#775 (1907)#923
1910s324#970 (1910)#1,079
1920s231#1,366 (1922)#1,798
1930s222#1,268 (1938)#1,668
1940s145#1,442 (1940)#2,591
1950s282#1,527 (1958)#2,125
1960s338#1,533 (1961)#2,089
1970s162#2,599 (1971)#4,099
1980s29#6,291 (1984)#8,623
1990s16#11,738 (1992)#12,614
2000s0
2010s0
2020s5#15,088 (2020)#15,088

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Helga in 1893

girls
#644
20 births · 1 in 10,645 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #644Helga20
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 10,645 of them was named Helga, which outranked 61.0% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Helga
  1. #630Neta21
  2. #630Phebe21
  3. #630Queenie21
  4. #644Helga20
  5. #644Aurora20
  6. #644Claribel20
  7. #644Dorcas20
  8. #662Ara19
  9. #662Bethel19
  10. #662Buena19

Tied with 17 names at #644; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 737Annabell#1,450#713
  2. 656Helma#1,450#794
  3. 634Claribel#1,278#644
  4. 624Jemima#1,450#826
  5. 616Buena#1,278#662
Fallers
  1. 641Ernest#796#1,437
  2. 576Orah#861#1,437
  3. 576Willia#861#1,437
  4. 551Jennette#726#1,277
  5. 515Velva#762#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893