Helma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Helma

The Social Security Administration has registered 595 babies named Helma between 1880 and 1952, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Helma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Helma performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Helma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Helma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Helma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 595 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.