Helmer

Boy · recorded 1884–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Helmer.

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

06713318841917195119842017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 71 recorded years as a table
Helmer, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188452
1885111
188672
188779
188866
188981
189081
189149
189290
189345
189478
189585
189650
1897133
189865
1899104
190066
190241
190350
190462
190660
190754
190871
190943
191036
191149
191249
191351
191441
191526
191633
191740
191837
191934
192027
192111
192226
192319
192416
192516
19269
192712
192812
192919
193010
193110
19337
19349
193510
193610
19378
19385
19395
19444
19454
19483
19493
19552
19562
19953
19966
20003
20024
20034
20055
20074
20084
20103
20113
20133
20174

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Helmer isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
7
Rank in 2017
#9,696
How rare
1 in 264,422 boys
Since 1884
835

Helmer was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 133 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Helmer doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.