Boys' name · since 1907
Helge
49 babies named Helge in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1907
- 1910s
- peak decade
49 boys have been named Helge since 1907, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Helge has 49 recorded births among boys since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1930.
- #22,306 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 49 born since 1907
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helge ranks #22,306 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1907, peaking in the 1910s.
- #22,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1907
- 1910s
- peak decade
Helge's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Helge's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Helge's full recorded timeline at 1917, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1907, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Helge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1930
- Peak year (1917)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Helge by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (34 births, 69% of the file).
1910s was Helge's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Helge births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
34 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 34 births (69% of all-time use).
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What to do with Helge's data
- Helge's decade-level peak was the 1910s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Helge: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1907–1930 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Helge draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.