Girls' name · since 1898
Helia
Helia has 214 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,111 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1898
- 2020s
- peak decade
214 babies have been named Helia since 1898, making it today's #5936 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Helia recorded 214 times among girls since 1898, holding rank #5936 nationally today, ahead of 66% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #19,111 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,936 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 1898
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helia ranks #19,111 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,936 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 214 born since 1898, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,111 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1898
- 2020s
- peak decade
Helia's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Helia compares
214 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Helia's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Helia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Helia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Helia splits its recorded history at 2005: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Helia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Helia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (83 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Helia's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Helia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 7
1900s
7 births
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 83 births (39% of all-time use).
Helia by state
Where Helia concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 214 births nationwide.
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What to do with Helia's data
- California records the most Helias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Helia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1898–2025 (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 Helia 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.