Helga
Recorded 1882–2020 · United States
Helga was most popular in 1961, when 54 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,481 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,209 people named Helga.
Helga over time
How old is the name Helga?
Helga first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 105 of the 144 years since.
How many people are named Helga?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,209 American births named Helga between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 882 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Helga in 2025?
Helga was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Helga a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Helga is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,209 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Helga?
Roughly 882 Americans named Helga are alive today — 40% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 65 years old, and half are between 57 and 72.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Helga is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org