Helena

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Helena is ranked 414th among girls in 2024 (754 births). Its best rank was 194th, in 1881.

Rank in 2024: #414up 43 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7540.05% of girls
Peak year: 2024754 births
Best rank: #194in 1881
Since 1880: 39,561people given the name

Babies named Helena, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

39,561 girls have been named Helena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 754 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 2010s alone account for 15%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Helena
1880s	775
1890s	1,147
1900s	1,197
1910s	3,339
1920s	3,307
1930s	2,035
1940s	2,066
1950s	2,272
1960s	2,342
1970s	2,019
1980s	2,014
1990s	2,859
2000s	5,012
2010s	5,878
2020s	3,299

In 2024, its biggest year

Helena was the 414th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Helena

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.