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How popular is “Helmer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Helmer” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Helmer” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Helmer” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Helmer” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Helmer” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Helmer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Helmer” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 26 0.000022865 26 -100%
1914 27 0.000019063 27 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 37 0.000018438 37 -100%
1918 37 0.000017042 37 -100%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%

Explore other names

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  8. Helmie
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  10. Helmuth
  11. Helo