Heli
Girl · HEH-lee
Heli is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Heli mean?
Finnish and Estonian name; Estonian heli means sound
In Estonian, heli is also an ordinary word for sound or tone.
- Say it
- HEH-lee
Is Heli a girl's or a boy's name?
Heli is a girls' name.
How popular is Heli in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Heli in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Names like Heli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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