Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Helga

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Helga
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1961

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1882Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,208

Helga is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 54 girls were named Helga.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,208 Americans have been named Helga and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1961

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