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Helaman

Boy · HEE-luh-mun

Helaman is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Helaman mean?

From the Book of Mormon

From the Book of Mormon, where Helaman leads the 2,000 stripling warriors; the Book of Helaman is named after his son.

Say it
HEE-luh-mun

Is Helaman a girl's or a boy's name?

Helaman is a boys' name.

How popular is Helaman in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Half of all the boys named Helaman in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1981Busiest: 14 in 20152024
Helaman in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#10,930
20230–
20227#9,815
20215#12,141
20200–
20198#8,883
20180–
20178#8,835
20169#8,141
201514#5,995
20149#8,124
20135#12,129
20129#8,152
20119#8,072
20109#8,133
20097#9,859
20087#9,864
200710#7,586
200610#7,422
20058#8,292
20046#9,941
20030–
20025#10,660
20017#8,332
200011#5,913
19997#7,867
19986#8,472
199710#5,636
19968#6,489
19956#7,785
19940–
19935#8,693
19925#8,426
19916#7,263
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19815#6,260

Names like Helaman

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