Heloise — #11109 US girls' name
687 babies named Heloise in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Heloise was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Heloise in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heloise
The Social Security Administration has registered 687 babies named Heloise between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heloise currently holds the #11109 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heloise performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Heloise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Heloise in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heloise 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 687 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.
Heloise at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Heloise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (1915)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently ranks #11109 among girls.
687 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 24 births in a single year.
Heloise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 177 births that decade — 26% of Heloise's all-time total
Heloise decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 150 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Heloise's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Heloise by state
Where Heloise concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 54 | 7.9% |
54 of 687 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1900–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.