Helder
Boy · EL-dair · Portuguese
Helder is a boys' name of Portuguese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Helder mean?
Portuguese: Portuguese given name, origin uncertain
Helder Camara was a Brazilian archbishop known for defending the poor and opposing the military dictatorship.
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Is Helder a girl's or a boy's name?
Helder is a boys' name.
How popular is Helder in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Helder in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Helder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
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