Helena

#363 for girls in 2025, 841 births

Peak · girls
#194
1881 · 61 births
Debut · girls
1880
60 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
40,412
since 1880

Helena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Helena has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #194, 1881girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#363841
2024#414754
2023#456678
2022#471675
2021#512604
2020#512593
2019#474658
2018#458689
2017#515610
2016#517602
2015#534583
2014#498627
2013#547543
2012#558529
2011#587491
2010#534550
2009#573533
2008#609503
2007#536584
2006#511595
2005#542530
2004#561511
2003#521541
2002#599432
2001#602417
2000#662367
1999#590415
1998#678339
1997#693310
1996#640350
1995#637342
1994#724287
1993#841233
1992#1,006187
1991#962196
1990#946200
1989#986175
1988#913187
1987#960166
1986#815206
1985#858187
1984#789203
1983#774206
1982#710244
1981#743222
1980#759218
1979#693244
1978#736212
1977#725213
1976#772186
1975#721205
1974#738193
1973#743188
1972#738189
1971#777187
1970#736201
1969#723193
1968#716185
1967#695197
1966#636226
1965#594260
1964#563305
1963#608272
1962#635253
1961#672236
1960#694215
1959#631249
1958#654230
1957#602263
1956#636225
1955#642208
1954#622214
1953#586228
1952#601209
1951#560228
1950#562219
1949#555226
1948#578210
1947#576220
1946#520228
1945#550178
1944#536183
1943#515209
1942#501218
1941#500194
1940#477200
1939#478195
1938#519168
1937#464198
1936#482177
1935#462190
1934#472188
1933#459205
1932#442224
1931#411248
1930#427242
1929#421252
1928#415270
1927#403287
1926#429257
1925#363351
1924#342386
1923#339372
1922#345358
1921#334391
1920#334383
1919#301440
1918#285488
1917#294440
1916#289424
1915#289405
1914#291327
1913#302245
1912#308220
1911#298175
1910#293175
1909#292151
1908#316124
1907#296139
1906#34793
1905#326106
1904#305112
1903#302108
1902#270133
1901#271119
1900#316112
1899#239135
1898#258133
1897#245131
1896#264118
1895#273107
1894#267106
1893#26999
1892#234124
1891#25194
1890#248100
1889#230103
1888#228103
1887#23978
1886#24869
1885#20886
1884#20186
1883#21069
1882#22160
1881#19461
1880#19860
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Helena was already there! It came in at #198, and was given to 60 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 87 girls a year got the name.

See more about Helena
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#414 → #363)
  • 149 spots since 2020 (#512 → #363)
  • 171 spots since 2015 (#534 → #363)
  • Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1993 (#1,006 → #841)
  • Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1987 (#815 → #960)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #194 (61 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,500
  • Highest: 1 in 1,500 girls born in 1884 were named Helena (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,911 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #194 in 1881, was only 1 in 1,507 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 14.6% of all girls named Helena (5,882) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s775#194 (1881)#218
1890s1,147#234 (1892)#255
1900s1,197#270 (1902)#304
1910s3,339#285 (1918)#295
1920s3,307#334 (1921)#373
1930s2,035#411 (1931)#462
1940s2,066#477 (1940)#531
1950s2,273#560 (1951)#610
1960s2,342#563 (1964)#654
1970s2,018#693 (1979)#738
1980s2,014#710 (1982)#831
1990s2,859#590 (1999)#772
2000s5,013#511 (2006)#572
2010s5,882#458 (2018)#522
2020s4,145#363 (2025)#455

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.

Helena in 1975

girls
#721
205 births · 1 in 7,112 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #721Helena205
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 7,112 of them was named Helena, which outranked 93.2% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Helena
  1. #717Celia206
  2. #717Dusty206
  3. #717Kay206
  4. #721Helena205
  5. #722Cary204
  6. #722Florence204
  7. #724Dixie203
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →