Helga
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,209since 1882
Helga over time
Rank among girls' names. Helga has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,842 | 35 |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1916 | #1,013 | 46 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 |
| 1904 | #837 | 19 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 |
| 1898 | #619 | 27 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#243 · 1 in 1,804
- Iowa#387 · 1 in 4,139
Best ever in a state: #157 in Minnesota, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #243 | 12 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Iowa | #387 | 5 | 1 in 4,139 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Helga
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 315 spots in 1886 (#921 → #606)
- Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1900 (#565 → #885)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1899 at #565 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1884–1901
- 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%)
- 15.3% of all girls named Helga (338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 71 | #606 (1886) | #762 |
| 1890s | 217 | #565 (1899) | #640 |
| 1900s | 167 | #775 (1907) | #923 |
| 1910s | 324 | #970 (1910) | #1,079 |
| 1920s | 231 | #1,366 (1922) | #1,798 |
| 1930s | 222 | #1,268 (1938) | #1,668 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,442 (1940) | #2,591 |
| 1950s | 282 | #1,527 (1958) | #2,125 |
| 1960s | 338 | #1,533 (1961) | #2,089 |
| 1970s | 162 | #2,599 (1971) | #4,099 |
| 1980s | 29 | #6,291 (1984) | #8,623 |
| 1990s | 16 | #11,738 (1992) | #12,614 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 22,703 of them was named Helga, which outranked 80.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,005Vena47
- #1,005Verlie47
- #1,005Vivien47
- #1,013Helga46
- #1,013Burnice46
- #1,013Gaynell46
- #1,013Inga46
- #1,026Alexandra45
- #1,026Amie45
- #1,026Ardath45
Tied with 12 names at #1,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.