How Many People Are Named Helia?
An estimated 146 people in the United States have the first name Helia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Helia peaked in popularity in 2024 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Helia 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 Helia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
146
About 1 in 2,347,632 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2024
18 births
Total Registered
194
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Helia
Helia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 194 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Helia as a female name
Ranked #6,461 in 2024
18 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (18 births)
Helia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Helia span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 63 babies were registered. Helia remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Helia by Decade
How has Helia 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.
Helia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Helia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Helia
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Helia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Helia?
We estimate approximately 146 people named Helia 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 2,347,632 Americans share this first name.
Is Helia a common name?
Helia is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 194 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Helia most popular?
Helia reached peak popularity in 2024, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Helia is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Helia a female name?
Helia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Helia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Helia Smith, Helia Johnson, Helia 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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