Helix
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEE-liks
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Helix is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “spiral”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Helix mean?
English: English word, from Greek helix 'spiral'
“spiral”
The double helix structure of DNA was described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953.
Is Helix a girl's or a boy's name?
Helix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Helix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Helix, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Helix in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Helix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
Names like Helix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hendrix, Hudson, Shepherd, Wilder, Wylder, Archer, Hayes, Huxley, Halo, Baker, Beckett, Ledger
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Helix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/helix, updated 20 October 2026.