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A name. A world of connections.
“dedicated to the gods”
01 / Meaning & origin
Helge is a unisex given name documented in German, Dutch, Swedish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Helgi. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “dedicated to the gods”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Helge (Danish, German)
2 source accounts
Meaning: “dedicated to the gods”
Borrowed from Old Norse Helgi.
Borrowed from Old Norse Helgi.
02 / Across borders
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7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1930: 5 boys (rank 4001).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Helge
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 360 | 22 | observed |
| 1946 | 465 | 17 | observed |
| 1947 | 426 | 19 | observed |
| 1948 | 427 | 17 | observed |
| 1949 | 409 | 15 | observed |
| 1950 | 393 | 17 | observed |
| 1951 | 381 | 16 | observed |
| 1952 | 469 | 12 | observed |
| 1953 | 389 | 18 | observed |
| 1954 | 380 | 18 | observed |
| 1955 | 380 | 19 | observed |
| 1956 | 344 | 26 | observed |
| 1957 | 334 | 24 | observed |
| 1958 | 340 | 22 | observed |
| 1959 | 314 | 23 | observed |
| 1960 | 295 | 26 | observed |
| 1961 | 279 | 28 | observed |
| 1962 | 283 | 31 | observed |
| 1963 | 306 | 25 | observed |
| 1964 | 309 | 28 | observed |
| 1965 | 305 | 30 | observed |
| 1966 | 273 | 33 | observed |
| 1967 | 265 | 35 | observed |
| 1968 | 253 | 38 | observed |
| 1969 | 239 | 40 | observed |
| 1970 | 231 | 42 | observed |
| 1971 | 220 | 42 | observed |
| 1972 | 160 | 53 | observed |
| 1973 | 152 | 57 | observed |
| 1974 | 136 | 66 | observed |
| 1975 | 116 | 71 | observed |
| 1976 | 122 | 66 | observed |
| 1977 | 106 | 76 | observed |
| 1978 | 105 | 76 | observed |
| 1979 | 102 | 79 | observed |
| 1980 | 104 | 77 | observed |
| 1981 | 100 | 74 | observed |
| 1982 | 86 | 91 | observed |
| 1983 | 81 | 106 | observed |
| 1984 | 89 | 85 | observed |
| 1985 | 62 | 130 | observed |
| 1986 | 49 | 150 | observed |
| 1987 | 59 | 129 | observed |
| 1988 | 58 | 136 | observed |
| 1989 | 48 | 149 | observed |
| 1990 | 56 | 135 | observed |
| 1991 | 27 | 221 | observed |
| 1992 | 31 | 202 | observed |
| 1993 | 39 | 167 | observed |
| 1994 | 32 | 192 | observed |
| 1995 | 17 | 262 | observed |
| 1996 | 28 | 197 | observed |
| 1997 | 20 | 241 | observed |
| 1998 | 23 | 224 | observed |
| 1999 | 12 | 310 | observed |
| 2000 | 14 | 293 | observed |
| 2001 | 13 | 289 | observed |
| 2002 | 10 | 320 | observed |
| 2003 | 13 | 286 | observed |
| 2004 | 10 | 327 | observed |
| 2005 | 14 | 272 | observed |
| 2006 | 11 | 328 | observed |
| 2007 | 12 | 318 | observed |
| 2008 | 7 | 439 | observed |
| 2009 | 12 | 336 | observed |
| 2010 | 8 | 405 | observed |
| 2011 | 8 | 401 | observed |
| 2012 | 8 | 402 | observed |
| 2013 | 9 | 384 | observed |
| 2014 | 9 | 378 | observed |
| 2015 | 8 | 395 | observed |
| 2016 | 6 | 445 | observed |
| 2017 | 9 | 371 | observed |
| 2018 | 7 | 412 | observed |
| 2019 | 8 | 368 | observed |
| 2020 | 9 | 335 | observed |
| 2021 | 10 | 314 | observed |
| 2022 | 11 | 308 | observed |
| 2023 | 9 | 352 | observed |
| 2024 | 11 | 315 | observed |
| 2025 | 9 | 347 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Helge” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Swedish mathematician (1870-1924)
Norwegian athletics competitor (1890–1984)
Norwegian explorer (1899–2001)
German entertainer
Norwegian writer and translator (1889–1962)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
