# Helmuth (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/helmuth/  
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 | 500 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 500 / 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 10 | 2,442 |
| 1934 | 11 | 2,323 |
| 1935 | 7 | 3,092 |
| 1936 | 8 | 2,734 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,757 |
| 1938 | 7 | 2,997 |
| 1939 | 6 | 3,272 |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,987 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,734 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,363 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,734 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,174 |
| 1957 | 9 | 2,904 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,696 |

## People named Helmuth

- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German Field Marshal (1800–1891)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Chief of the German General Staff (1848–1916)
- Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (1948–1974)
- Helmuth Rilling, German choral conductor (1933–2026)
- Helmuth von Pannwitz, German general (1898–1947)
- Helmuth Groscurth, German officer (1898-1943)
- Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor and theatre director (1933-2015)
- Helmuth Schneider, German actor (1920-1972)
- Helmuth Theodor Bossert, German art historian and archaeologist (1889–1961)
- Helmuth Rudolph, German actor (1900-1971)
- Helmuth Johannsen, German association football manager (1920–1998)
- Helmuth Prieß, German general and Knight's Cross recipient

## 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.