Helmer is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Helmer is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Helmer was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1917 (37 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | #10,093 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #11,234 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #11,359 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #12,955 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #8,545 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,447 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #7,319 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #9,017 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #7,921 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #11,021 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | #4,993 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,181 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,173 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #4,093 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #3,923 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,894 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,138 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,265 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,271 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,321 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,573 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,357 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | #2,447 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,641 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,126 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,554 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,515 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | #1,699 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,324 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | #2,345 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #2,800 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #1,903 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | #1,928 |
| 1923 | 21 | — | #1,718 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | #1,414 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,550 |
| 1920 | 29 | — | #1,360 |
| 1919 | 33 | — | #1,239 |
| 1918 | 37 | — | #1,138 |
| 1917 | 37 | — | #1,097 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | #1,251 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,481 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #1,114 |
| 1913 | 26 | — | #978 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,010 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,074 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,364 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,206 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #855 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,040 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #964 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #925 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,073 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,212 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #872 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #636 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #842 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | #528 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,040 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #719 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | #757 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,108 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #656 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,029 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #698 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | #694 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #781 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #712 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #722 |
| 1885 | 12 | — | #562 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #902 |