Helio
Boy · EH-lee-oh · Greek
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Helio is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Helio mean?
Greek: Portuguese and Spanish form of Helios
“sun”
From Greek helios, 'sun', also the name of the sun god in Greek myth.
- Say it
- EH-lee-oh
Is Helio a girl's or a boy's name?
Helio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Helio in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
Helio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
How popular is Helio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Helio, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more boys named Helio than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Helio in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Helio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
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