The first name Helmuth
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Helmuth at birth, 1880–2025
In 1958, 6 boys born in the United States were named Helmuth, the 3,696th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 34 were.
500
babies named Helmuth since 1880
#3,696
rank in 1958
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 Helmuth
24 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Helmuth von Moltke the ElderGerman Field Marshal (1800–1891)
- Helmuth von Moltke the YoungerChief of the German General Staff (1848–1916)
- Helmuth KoiniggAustrian Formula One driver (1948–1974)
- Helmuth RillingGerman choral conductor (1933–2026)
- Helmuth von PannwitzGerman general (1898–1947)
- Helmuth GroscurthGerman officer (1898-1943)
- Helmuth LohnerAustrian actor and theatre director (1933-2015)
- Helmuth SchneiderGerman actor (1920-1972)
- Helmuth Theodor BossertGerman art historian and archaeologist (1889–1961)
- Helmuth RudolphGerman actor (1900-1971)
- Helmuth JohannsenGerman association football manager (1920–1998)
- Helmuth PrießGerman general and Knight's Cross recipient, 1896–1944
Questions
- Is Helmuth a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 500 US babies named Helmuth since 1880 were boys.
- When was Helmuth most popular?
- 1917 in the United States, when 34 babies were named Helmuth, its highest rank at 1,157th.
- Is Helmuth also a surname?
- Yes. Helmuth is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.