Heli

girls:

130 births since 1997

#5586 (2nd percentile)

boys:

15 births since 1993

#4571 (0th percentile)

overall:

145 births since 1993

#7594 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Heli is the #7,594 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 145 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,586 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 130 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1993.

Heli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Heli is available in 20 out of the 28 years between 1993 and 2020 (18 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Heli has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Heli were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1993 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.9% girls from 1997 to 2020).

For girls, Heli reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #933) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.

For boys, Heli reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #805) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Heli".

1993 2020 19932020

Key Statistics

Total Births
130
Peak Births
11
Peak Year
2005
First Recorded
1997
Peak Percentile
0.6%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#933
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
15
Peak Births
5
Peak Year
1999
First Recorded
1993
Peak Percentile
0.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#805
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Heli

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Heli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.0% confident that Heli is pronounced as HEH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HEE-lee, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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HEH-lee (2 syllables)
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Possible Additional Pronunciations

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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