How rare is the name Helga?

7,052 people in the United States have the first name Helga, about 1 in 42,829. It ranks #3,116 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HELGA

#3,116

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,052
About
1 in 42,829
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,052 people named Helga, 88.6% reported their origin as White, 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Helga peaked in 1961, when 54 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822020
Peak year
1961
Births that year
54
In 2020
5 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,209 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Helga by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #1,023. The largest share of babies named Helga, 29.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,49971
1890s#1,023217
1900s#1,449167
1910s#1,998324
1920s#3,166231
1930s#2,925222
1940s#4,071145
1950s#3,294282
1960s#3,255338
1970s#6,126162
1980s#18,23229
1990s#29,08116
2020s#39,3255
Before 190113.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2729.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.7%
Baby boom 1946–6423.9%
Generation X 1965–8013.9%
Millennials 1981–961.7%
2013 and later0.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Helga

#3,114 Ling · 7,057#3,115 Charli · 7,053#3,117 Delfina · 7,051#3,118 Kenley · 7,050

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Helga, most common first.

#33,752 Helge · 244

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