Boys' name · since 2013
Helix
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 173 babies named Helix, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,822 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Helix currently ranks #5822 among boys' names in America, with 173 babies recorded since 2013.
Helix has 173 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5822 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #13,849 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,822 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helix ranks #13,849 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,822 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 173 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,822 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Helix's 173 recorded births place it above 69.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Helix compares
173 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Helix's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Helix | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Helix's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Helix's full recorded timeline at 2019, 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 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Helix popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Helix by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (88 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Helix's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Helix births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 88 births (51% of all-time use).
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Helix 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.