Given name
Helio
“son of the sun”
Helio is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “son of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “son of the sun.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Helio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 343
- 343 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,470 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +42%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,470 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,088 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Helio’s family of names
Helio has a related form in Helios. Helio has a related form in Heleo. Helio has a related form in Heleos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Helio
- Hélio Jaguaribelawyer, sociologist, political scientist and Brazilian writer (1923-2018)
- Helio PiñónSpanish architect (born 1942)
- Helio Fallas VenegasCosta Rican politicianborn 1947
- Helio PedregalSpanish actorborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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