Helmut — boys' name

What the Data Says About Helmut

The Social Security Administration has registered 451 babies named Helmut between 1913 and 1978, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Helmut currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Helmut performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Helmut shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Helmut in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Helmut 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 451 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.