unisex name

Helmi

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 550

Helmi is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 66% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1928 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1898.

Helmi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1920s. The striped bar is the 1920s, still in progress — it covers 1920 to 1928, not a full ten years.

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Births named Helmi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 5
1900s 76
1910s 188
1920s (to 1928) 96

How popular is Helmi?

In 1928, Helmi was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Helmi is used

United States #4,295 6 in 1928
France #5,740 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Helmi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Helmi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Helmi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Helmi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Helmi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Helmi

How popular is the name Helmi?

In 1928, Helmi was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Helmi a girl's or a boy's name?

Helmi is used for both girls and boys. About 66% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Helmi most popular?

Helmi peaked in 1918, when 29 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.