How Many People Are Named Helem?
An estimated 100 people in the United States have the first name Helem. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 15 years old, and Helem peaked in popularity in 2007 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Helem as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Helem paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
100
About 1 in 3,427,543 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
15
years old
Peak Year
2007
11 births
Total Registered
101
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Helem
Helem is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 101 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Helem as a female name
Ranked #16,060 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 2007 (11 births)
Helem: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Helem span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 47 babies were registered. Helem has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Helem by Decade
How has Helem tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Helem + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Helem as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Helem
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Helem: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Helem?
We estimate approximately 100 people named Helem are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,427,543 Americans share this first name.
Is Helem a common name?
Helem is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 64.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 101 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Helem most popular?
Helem reached peak popularity in 2007, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Helem is approximately 15 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Helem a female name?
Helem is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Helem Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Helem Smith, Helem Johnson, Helem Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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