Helia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEL-ee-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Helia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Helia mean?
Greek: linked to Greek helios 'sun'; widely used in Iran
“sun”
Is Helia a girl's or a boy's name?
Helia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Helia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Helia, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Helia of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Helia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Helia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Helia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Helia, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had the most girls named Helia of any year since it first appeared, in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Helia in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Helia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
Names like Helia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Ophelia Emilia Aria Aurelia Eliza Amelia Matilda Lyra Thea Luna Phoebe
Names related to Helia
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Helia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/helia, updated 20 October 2026.