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Helga
Pronounced /ˈhɛlɡə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1961 · #1548
Origin
Old Norse
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Helga in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1961 with 54 babies, ranked #1548.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 2,208 girls have been named Helga since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Helga per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 656 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 370 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 527 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 306 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 38 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Helga (“holy”), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi. Doublet of Olga.
- A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Say it
- /ˈhɛlɡə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Helga, CC BY-SA 4.0.