Helmi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Helmi

The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Helmi between 1898 and 1928, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Helmi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Helmi performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Helmi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Helmi in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Helmi 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 365 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.