Is Helga a boy or girl name?

Helga is a girl’s name. Of the 2,209 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Helga’s peak in 1961. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Helga

Where Helga is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 7.1×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org