Girls' name · since 1917

Helvie

Helvie has 10 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

10
total births
1917–1918
years on record
1910s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade

10 girls have been named Helvie since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Helvie has 10 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1918.

  • 10 total births
  • 1917–1918 years on record
  • 1910s peak decade
  • 100% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

10 girls have been named Helvie since 1917, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1918.

10
total births
1917–1918
years on record
1910s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade
1910s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Helvie was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

5 babies were named Helvie in 1917 - its busiest year on record.

Helvie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Helvie's full recorded timeline at 1918, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births.

Helvie at a glance

Last recorded 1918

Total births

10

Since 1917

2 years of records

Peak year

1917

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1918

Active since

1917

Recorded for 2 years

Last year on file: 1918

Helvie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1918

Last recorded 1918
Peak year (1917)
5
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
5 19171918 5

Helvie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1910s was Helvie's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Helvie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Helvie?
Helvie has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1917, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1918. 5 babies were born in 1917, its single highest year.
When was Helvie most popular?
Helvie was most popular in the 1910s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
How long has the name Helvie been used?
The SSA has tracked Helvie since 1917 -- 2 years through the most recent 1918 data.
What names are similar to Helvie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Helen, Helena, Helene, Hellen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1917–1918 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Helvie: Baby Name Since 1917 - 10 Births, Peak 1917." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/helvie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Helvie 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 July 2026.