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Baby name

Helga

Girl

Origin of the name

Helga comes from the Old Norse Helga, related to the German heilig, “holy.” It gave Olga in Russian.

Classic name

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In 1961, Helga reached its peak: 54 girls, 1 baby in 76,712. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 105 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
2,209births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 1532rank at its peak, in 1961

Where babies named Helga are born

1961

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The darker the blue, the more common Helga is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Helga is most common in New York (6.2 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

Lory · Theressa · Leisha · Zoraida · Meri · Becki

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