Heli
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
- Given to girls 89.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 130since 1997
Heli over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
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| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
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| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five girls were named Heli! It came in at #10,836, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Heli is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Heli in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Heli
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2005 at #9,452 (11 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161,600
- Highest: 1 in 161,600 girls born in 2010 were named Heli (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #9,452 in 2005, was only 1 in 167,986 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 52.3% of all girls named Heli (68) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2000
- Mostly boys until 1999, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 | #10,836 (1997) | #10,836 |
| 2000s | 50 | #9,452 (2005) | #13,457 |
| 2010s | 68 | #9,790 (2010) | #12,830 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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