Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Helmut

#7,746 most common boys' name of all time · #19,472 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1978

Rank among boys
#7,746
Rank overall
#19,472 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
450
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #1,839
Best rank
#1,839 1960
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
192019401960

Helmut first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1978 — 5 5 #5,935
1977 — 5 5 #6,015
1974 — 6 6 #4,762
1973 — 6 6 #4,650
1972 — 6 6 #4,575
1971 — 10 10 #3,236
1970 — 8 8 #3,632
1969 — 10 10 #2,930
1968 — 12 12 #2,494
1967 — 11 11 #2,546
1966 — 14 14 #2,174
1965 — 12 12 #2,417
1964 — 12 12 #2,476
1963 — 17 17 #2,010
1962 — 11 11 #2,592
1961 — 18 18 #1,979
1960 — 20 20 #1,839
1959 — 12 12 #2,475
1958 — 17 17 #1,996
1957 — 12 12 #2,447
1956 — 14 14 #2,227
1955 — 11 11 #2,507
1953 — 8 8 #3,019
1950 — 5 5 #3,875
1947 — 5 5 #3,935
1946 — 6 6 #3,338
1943 — 5 5 #3,751
1940 — 8 8 #2,780
1938 — 8 8 #2,770
1937 — 6 6 #3,348
1936 — 8 8 #2,773
1935 — 6 6 #3,448
1934 — 6 6 #3,465
1932 — 7 7 #3,240
1931 — 9 9 #2,795
1930 — 10 10 #2,726
1929 — 10 10 #2,712
1928 — 8 8 #3,215
1927 — 6 6 #3,949
1926 — 7 7 #3,533
1925 — 5 5 #4,409
1924 — 7 7 #3,665
1923 — 6 6 #3,985
1920 — 5 5 #4,492
1919 — 8 8 #3,269
1918 — 6 6 #3,894
1917 — 6 6 #3,712
1916 — 7 7 #3,339
1915 — 10 10 #2,581
1914 — 6 6 #3,113
1913 — 7 7 #2,470