girls:
679 births since 1900
#5037 (12th percentile)
overall:
679 births since 1900
#7060 (9th percentile)
The name Heloise is the #7,060 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 679 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,037 (11.8% percentile) for all time with 679 births since 1900.
Heloise first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for girls in 1900). Birth data for Heloise is available in 68 out of the 124 years between 1900 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 girls, Heloise reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #462) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 35 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Heloise ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 24.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Heloise".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Heloise. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 24.5% confident that Heloise is pronounced as EH-loh-EEZ, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is heh-LOH-eez, at 20.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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