Helios
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEE-lee-ohs
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Helios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Helios mean?
Greek
“sun”
Helios is the Greek god who personifies the sun, driving his chariot across the sky each day.
Is Helios a girl's or a boy's name?
Helios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Helios in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 340% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Helios, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Helios in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
How popular is Helios in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,363rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Helios, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Helios of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Helios in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Helios in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Helios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas, Luca, Theo, Albie, Hudson, Elias, Matteo, Nico, Enzo, Emrys, Oakley, Cillian
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, 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, “Helios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/helios, updated 20 October 2026.