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The first name Helge

A unisex name.

1 syllable Unisex

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Helge at birth, 1880–2025

In 1930, 5 boys born in the United States were named Helge, the 4,240th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 10 were.

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49
babies named Helge since 1880
#4,240
rank in 1930
1917
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Helge

16 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Helge Schneider
    German entertainer, born 1955
  • Helge Payer
    Association footballer, born 1979
  • 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, born 1944
  • Helge Halkjær
    Danish rower (1916–1996)
  • Helge Muxoll Schrøder
    Danish rower (1924–2012)
  • Helge Bronée
    Danish footballer (1922–1999)
  • Helge Sander
    Danish politician, born 1950

Questions

When was Helge most popular?
1917 in the United States, when 10 babies were named Helge, its highest rank at 2,627th.