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Helga

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Helga: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

Recording by user Equadus (inactive global account). Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2025

Norway · Girls rank from 1945 to 2025, ranging from #58 to #560.1945194619471948194919501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320052006200720082009201020132016202220242025#58#560
View as table
Norway · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1945#58
1946#66
1947#69
1948#73
1949#63
1950#67
1951#85
1952#83
1953#71
1954#82
1955#82
1956#97
1957#88
1958#91
1959#116
1960#118
1961#108
1962#101
1963#106
1964#122
1965#137
1966#142
1967#143
1968#177
1969#153
1970#157
1971#186
1972#167
1973#159
1974#179
1975#195
1976#228
1977#217
1978#183
1979#227
1980#177
1981#191
1982#238
1983#234
1984#185
1985#262
1986#220
1987#276
1988#234
1989#261
1990#275
1991#288
1992#384
1993#267
1994#408
1995#316
1996#407
1997#284
1998#503
1999#512
2000#422
2001#331
2002#395
2003#454
2005#499
2006#560
2007#515
2008#552
2009#556
2010#522
2013#419
2016#517
2022#413
2024#487
2025#439

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 70 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 1977: #217 among girls in Norway, #518 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #58 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #58 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #439 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #58 in Norway in 1945.

Helga's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025Norwayfemale#4396HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#4874HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#4136HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#5175HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#4199HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#5226HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#5565HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#5525HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#5156HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#5605HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#4996HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#4547HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#3959HighVerified
2001Norwayfemale#33112HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#4228HighVerified
1999Norwayfemale#5126HighVerified
1998Norwayfemale#5036HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#28414HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#4079HighVerified
1995Norwayfemale#31613HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#4089HighVerified
1993Norwayfemale#26718HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#38411HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#28817HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#27519HighVerified
1989Norwayfemale#26120HighVerified
1988Norwayfemale#23425HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#27618HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#22024HighVerified
1985Norwayfemale#26218HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#18530HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#23421HighVerified
1982Norwayfemale#23821HighVerified
1981Norwayfemale#19129HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#17731HighVerified
1979Norwayfemale#22722HighVerified
1978Norwayfemale#18329HighVerified
1977Norwayfemale#21722HighVerified
1976Norwayfemale#22820HighVerified
1975Norwayfemale#19526HighVerified
1974Norwayfemale#17931HighVerified
1973Norwayfemale#15937HighVerified
1972Norwayfemale#16733HighVerified
1971Norwayfemale#18627HighVerified
1970Norwayfemale#15733HighVerified
1969Norwayfemale#15335HighVerified
1968Norwayfemale#17727HighVerified
1967Norwayfemale#14336HighVerified
1966Norwayfemale#14236HighVerified
1965Norwayfemale#13737HighVerified
1964Norwayfemale#12243HighVerified
1963Norwayfemale#10655HighVerified
1962Norwayfemale#10154HighVerified
1961Norwayfemale#10849HighVerified
1960Norwayfemale#11841HighVerified
1959Norwayfemale#11641HighVerified
1958Norwayfemale#9161HighVerified
1957Norwayfemale#8866HighVerified
1956Norwayfemale#9758HighVerified
1955Norwayfemale#8271HighVerified
1954Norwayfemale#8272HighVerified
1953Norwayfemale#7191HighVerified
1952Norwayfemale#8372HighVerified
1951Norwayfemale#8570HighVerified
1950Norwayfemale#6797HighVerified
1949Norwayfemale#6394HighVerified
1948Norwayfemale#7384HighVerified
1947Norwayfemale#6999HighVerified
1946Norwayfemale#66108HighVerified
1945Norwayfemale#58102HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#5183HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#3935HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#4713HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandfemale#4663HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandfemale#3635HighVerified
1969Republic of Irelandfemale#3515HighVerified
1968Republic of Irelandfemale#4013HighVerified
1967Republic of Irelandfemale#3933HighVerified
1966Republic of Irelandfemale#3803HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandfemale#2975HighVerified
1964Republic of Irelandfemale#3723HighVerified

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Helga is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Helga, between 1945 and 2025, in 70 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202570#58 in 1945
Republic of Ireland1964–197711#297 in 1965

Its high point came 20 years earlier in Norway (1945) than in Republic of Ireland (1965).

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 2016; it appears again in 2022.

What's not yet available

  • Meaning
  • Origin
  • Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #58 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.