Girls' name · since 1987
Helsea
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Helsea, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1987
- 1980s
- peak decade
Helsea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1987.
Helsea has 13 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1988.
- #50,934 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1987
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helsea ranks #50,934 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1987, peaking in the 1980s.
- #50,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1987
- 1980s
- peak decade
Helsea's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Helsea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Helsea splits its recorded history at 1988: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Helsea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1988
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Helsea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Helsea's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Helsea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Helsea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~1 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Helsea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.