# Helge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/helge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 5 | 1,429 |
| 1913 | 5 | 3,013 |
| 1914 | 6 | 3,063 |
| 1915 | 5 | 4,077 |
| 1917 | 10 | 2,627 |
| 1918 | 8 | 3,231 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,631 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,240 |

## People named Helge

- Helge Schneider, German entertainer
- Helge Payer, Association footballer
- Helge Rosvaenge, Danish opera singer (1897–1972)
- Helge Larsson, Canoe racer (1916-1971)
- Helge Rode, Danish writer, critic and journalist (1870-1937)
- Helge Auleb, German general (1887–1964)
- Helge Jørgensen, Danish footballer, born 1937
- Helge Kragh, Danish naturalist, physicist, chemist and historian
- Helge Halkjær, Danish rower (1916–1996)
- Helge Muxoll Schrøder, Danish rower (1924–2012)
- Helge Bronée, Danish footballer (1922–1999)
- Helge Sander, Danish politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.