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Heloise

Girl · French

Heloise is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “-ess: feminizing nouns”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).

What does Heloise mean?

French

“-ess: feminizing nouns”

A female given name from French.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Heloise a girl's or a boy's name?

Heloise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Heloise in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,101among girls
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Heloise, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 girls.

2025 had more girls named Heloise than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Heloise in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 14 in 19962025
Heloise in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
20245#4,253
20236#3,766
20225#4,168
20215#4,148
20205#4,110
201912#2,275
20185#4,204
20176#3,774
201610#2,692
201514#2,085
20143#5,920
201310#2,599
201210#2,666
201110#2,582
20101#7,520
20097#3,201
20088#2,895
20075#3,858
20066#3,280
200512#1,912
20046#2,957
200310#1,954
20020–
20015#2,928
200014#1,415
199914#1,415
199810#1,815
199713#1,466
199614#1,381

How popular is Heloise in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,324among girls
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 89,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Heloise, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.

2025 had more girls named Heloise than any year since 1925.

Half of all the girls named Heloise in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.

1900Busiest: 24 in 19152025
Heloise in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202518#6,324
20248#11,117
202315#7,242
202212#8,536
202111#8,973
20206#13,448
20197#12,442
20186#13,788
201710#9,939
201610#10,109
201511#9,476
20147#13,063
20138#11,964
20120–
20118#12,146
20105#16,985
20096#15,236
20080–
20076#15,485
20060–
20050–
20040–
20035#15,777
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19955#13,380
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19655#6,538
19640–
19635#6,591
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19566#5,324
19555#5,826
19549#3,965
19535#5,672
19526#4,906
19510–
19508#3,960
19490–
194810#3,349
19476#4,762
19465#4,958
19455#4,554
19446#4,052
19436#4,195
19429#3,192
19410–
19408#3,206
19399#2,920
19386#3,845
19370–
19366#3,699
19356#3,740
193412#2,423
19335#4,216
193211#2,642
19318#3,224
19307#3,656
19296#4,051
192814#2,380
192711#2,858
192617#2,164
192520#1,945
192415#2,408
192319#2,021
192216#2,291
192118#2,120
192014#2,463
191917#2,063
191821#1,805
191720#1,773
191624#1,533
191524#1,475
191421#1,385
191323#1,151
19128#2,143
191111#1,450
19108#1,773
19095#2,208
19085#2,101
190711#1,206
19060–
19050–
19046#1,658
19038#1,318
19020–
19010–
19005#1,931

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