Helmer

maleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Helmer: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 31 years, its highest recorded position is #98, reached in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#98highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Helmer's record

Absent from every published list for 31 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Rising

among boys in Norway · 1945–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#329
1954	#413
1958	#419
1960	#408
1992	#598
2003	#532
2006	#545
2007	#418
2008	#473
2010	#500
2011	#313
2012	#413
2013	#230
2014	#183
2015	#178
2016	#172
2017	#209
2018	#182
2019	#148
2020	#142
2021	#143
2022	#121
2023	#123
2024	#114
2025	#98

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

RisingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 25 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #329 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #98 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #98 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Helmer by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Helmer in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960s	6	1 of 10	6
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010s	241	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	283	6 of 10	47

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 47 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Helmer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #98 in Norway in 2025.

Helmer'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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	male	#98	67	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#114	50	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#123	48	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#121	48	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#143	37	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#142	33	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#148	40	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#182	30	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#209	24	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#172	34	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#178	34	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#183	31	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#230	22	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#413	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#313	13	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#500	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#473	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#532	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#598	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#408	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#419	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#413	4	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#329	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #98, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 31 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Helin · #327, 31y
Helle · #83, 80y
Heloise · #483, 28y
Hena · #1287, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lavrans · #96, 28y
Asbjørg · #105, 28y
Falk · #107, 26y
Dympna · #109, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ingar · #98, 62y
Stefan · #98, 76y
Thore · #98, 46y
Anne-Marie · #97, 77y

Helmer was ranked #98 in Norway · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Helmer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Helmer without appearing here.

Helmer moved ahead of

Andrew Compare
In 2013 they stood at #413 and #405 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #183 and #518.
Svein Compare
In 2012 they stood at #413 and #371 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #230 and #559.
Harry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #408 and #158 in Norway · Boys; by 2017 that had become #209 and #478.
Gunnar Compare
In 2012 they stood at #413 and #286 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #230 and #495.

Moved ahead of Helmer

Adrian Compare
In 1991 they stood at #408 and #469 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #598 and #47.
Markus Compare
In 1991 they stood at #408 and #457 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #598 and #64.
Jonathan Compare
In 1991 they stood at #408 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #598 and #140.
Samuel Compare
In 1991 they stood at #408 and #463 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #598 and #159.

Moved the opposite way to Helmer

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 while Anders went from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 while Arild went from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Helmer

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 and Aksel from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 and Alfred from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 and Arthur from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Helmer went from #329 to #98 and Daniel from #280 to #66.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #98 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Helmer

Helmer at a glance

What stands out in Helmer's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Helmer by decade in Norway · Boys

Helmer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Helmer and the names beside it

Helmer moved ahead of

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Helmer at a glance

What stands out in Helmer's record

Helmer by decade in Norway · Boys

Helmer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Helmer

Helmer and the names beside it

Helmer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Helmer

Moved the opposite way to Helmer

Moved the same way as Helmer