# Helmut (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/helmut/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 450 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 450 / 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 11 | 2,578 |
| 1963 | 17 | 1,997 |
| 1964 | 12 | 2,468 |
| 1965 | 12 | 2,407 |
| 1966 | 14 | 2,171 |
| 1967 | 11 | 2,534 |
| 1968 | 12 | 2,495 |
| 1969 | 10 | 2,943 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,634 |
| 1971 | 10 | 3,239 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,647 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,734 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,866 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,225 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,170 |

## People named Helmut

- Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)
- Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
- Helmut Rahn, German association football player (1929–2003)
- Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (1920–2004)
- Helmut Schön, German football player and coach (1915-1996)
- Helmut Berger, Austrian actor (1944–2023)
- Helmut Haller, German footballer (1939–2012)
- Helmut Marko, Formula One executive and former driver
- Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (1898–1979)
- Helmut Jahn, German architect (1940-2021)
- Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (1948–1974)
- Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer

## 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.