Helge
Meaning and origin
Old Norse Helgi.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Helge (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Helge has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 29 |
| 2012 | 21 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,108 |
| 2000 | 4,821 |
| 2001 | 4,568 |
| 2002 | 4,335 |
| 2003 | 4,114 |
| 2004 | 3,906 |
| 2005 | 3,700 |
| 2006 | 3,505 |
| 2007 | 3,302 |
| 2008 | 3,103 |
| 2009 | 2,915 |
| 2010 | 2,755 |
| 2011 | 2,602 |
| 2012 | 2,465 |
| 2013 | 2,336 |
| 2014 | 2,224 |
| 2015 | 2,101 |
| 2016 | 2,007 |
| 2017 | 1,907 |
| 2018 | 1,826 |
| 2019 | 1,733 |
| 2020 | 1,659 |
Helge in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Helge.Hi! My name is Helge.
- Har du träffat Helge? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Helge? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Helge i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Helge this afternoon.
- Helges mamma är lärare.Helge's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Helges mamma is Helge's mum.
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Questions about Helge
How do you pronounce Helge in Swedish?
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What does the name Helge mean?
Old Norse Helgi.
How popular is Helge in Sweden?
28 babies were named Helge in 2022. In 2020, 1,659 people in Sweden had Helge as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.