Helaine

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251

Peak · girls
1938 · 65 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,794
since 1909

Helaine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Helaine has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #870, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#15,2515
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008#15,4056
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
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1999
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1997
1996#13,5185
1995
1994
1993
1992#11,7386
1991
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1983
1982#9,2376
1981#9,1106
1980#10,3925
1979
1978
1977#8,4446
1976#8,1566
1975#5,51610
1974#8,7755
1973#5,5809
1972#4,52312
1971#3,37319
1970#4,49212
1969#2,76823
1968#3,78913
1967#1,94736
1966#1,82739
1965#2,20429
1964#1,49757
1963#1,75443
1962#1,69045
1961#2,29927
1960#1,74742
1959#2,28925
1958#2,26025
1957#1,78437
1956#2,05828
1955#1,33457
1954#1,58541
1953#1,22562
1952#1,31653
1951#1,39645
1950#1,27652
1949#1,14463
1948#1,37045
1947#1,08667
1946#1,23948
1945#1,14247
1944#1,23641
1943#1,21244
1942#1,13748
1941#1,11744
1940#1,31332
1939#1,14940
1938#87065
1937#1,49325
1936#1,59322
1935#2,00616
1934#2,08715
1933#3,1098
1932#1,48826
1931#2,58111
1930#2,42513
1929#2,58712
1928#2,76811
1927#2,55213
1926#2,70812
1925#3,11610
1924#2,80912
1923#2,16917
1922#2,38715
1921#2,50914
1920#3,3409
1919#2,15616
1918#3,5128
1917#3,7137
1916#2,65811
1915
1914
1913
1912#2,9795
1911
1910
1909#2,2085
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Helaine! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Helaine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1938 (#1,493#870)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1939 (#870#1,149)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1938 at #870 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1938
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,976
  • Highest: 1 in 16,976 girls born in 1938 were named Helaine (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 26.7% of all girls named Helaine (479) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,208 (1909)#2,208
1910s47#2,156 (1919)#3,004
1920s125#2,169 (1923)#2,695
1930s241#870 (1938)#1,880
1940s479#1,086 (1947)#1,200
1950s425#1,225 (1953)#1,652
1960s354#1,497 (1964)#2,152
1970s79#3,373 (1971)#6,107
1980s17#9,110 (1981)#9,580
1990s11#11,738 (1992)#12,628
2000s6#15,405 (2008)#15,405
2010s0
2020s5#15,251 (2021)#15,251

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Helaine in 1938

girls
#870
65 births · 1 in 16,976 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #870Helaine65
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 16,976 of them was named Helaine, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Helaine
  1. #866Holly66
  2. #866Prudence66
  3. #866Romona66
  4. #870Helaine65
  5. #870Earlean65
  6. #870Jeanetta65
  7. #870Maryjo65
  8. #875Cathleen64
  9. #875Eldora64
  10. #875Evangelina64

Tied with 4 names at #870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938