Helmer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Helmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 835 babies named Helmer between 1884 and 2017, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Helmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Helmer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 250 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Helmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Helmer in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Helmer 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 835 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.