Helium is an element with an atomic number of 2 which means that it has 2 protons in its core. So if any atom has 2 protons in its core, they it's helium no matter what.
On the periodic table of elements which I have attached in the image provided, the whole numbers in the tile tell you the number of protons. So helium is a noble gas which is found in the top right of the periodic table and I have drawn an arrow the atomic number which is the number of protons.