boys:
364 births since 2000
#4222 (8th percentile)
overall:
364 births since 2000
#7375 (5th percentile)
The name Helios is the #7,375 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 364 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,222 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 364 births since 2000.
Helios first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (first recorded for boys in 2000). Birth data for Helios is available in 18 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Helios reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #880) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Helios ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 81.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Helios".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Helios. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Helios is pronounced as HEE-lee-ohs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HEE-lee-aws, at 22.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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