Hellen

#1,796 for girls in 2025, 112 births

Peak · girls
#508
1924 · 195 births
Debut · girls
1883
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,353
since 1883

Hellen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hellen has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #508, 1924girls
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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#1,796112
2024#1,637126
2023#1,514142
2022#2,15688
2021#2,38475
2020#2,19682
2019#2,07091
2018#2,36177
2017#2,32079
2016#2,12991
2015#2,31880
2014#3,18451
2013#2,56869
2012#2,40177
2011#2,94558
2010#3,30649
2009#2,80063
2008#2,77365
2007#2,36880
2006#2,72865
2005#3,25747
2004#3,56641
2003#3,65538
2002#4,76725
2001#4,83424
2000#3,59136
1999#4,20127
1998#4,49224
1997#3,44833
1996#4,73921
1995#4,34823
1994#3,89227
1993#4,39323
1992#4,38223
1991#6,97612
1990#5,06018
1989#4,67019
1988#4,49619
1987#3,85722
1986#4,96415
1985#5,34813
1984#4,47816
1983#3,43123
1982#4,34717
1981#4,16218
1980#3,85320
1979#6,6969
1978#3,28323
1977#6,8928
1976#4,15415
1975#2,88125
1974#3,42619
1973#2,91423
1972#2,97622
1971#3,37319
1970#3,11021
1969#2,45428
1968#2,48225
1967#2,49224
1966#2,75220
1965#2,24728
1964#2,10932
1963#2,06133
1962#1,85838
1961#2,03633
1960#1,88736
1959#1,72041
1958#1,76238
1957#1,84235
1956#1,37857
1955#1,33457
1954#1,40951
1953#1,27658
1952#1,29754
1951#1,05777
1950#1,16163
1949#1,07769
1948#1,01574
1947#99279
1946#84396
1945#80388
1944#80191
1943#82489
1942#79492
1941#75689
1940#70697
1939#73586
1938#650111
1937#609122
1936#66299
1935#654101
1934#612116
1933#594118
1932#552139
1931#530155
1930#566144
1929#561148
1928#549161
1927#581148
1926#544166
1925#550170
1924#508195
1923#530178
1922#542171
1921#576156
1920#536175
1919#566148
1918#578152
1917#657107
1916#659107
1915#629109
1914#68173
1913#69456
1912#60865
1911#65943
1910#54356
1909#74729
1908#84921
1907#64933
1906#62233
1905#64230
1904#71024
1903#65426
1902#77320
1901#77118
1900#88518
1899#75618
1898#82117
1897#78616
1896#75418
1895#74618
1894#71917
1893#76715
1892#79614
1891#89310
1890#87210
1889#64116
1888#1,2765
1887#8608
1886#65712
1885#8427
1884—
1883#9205
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Hellen! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Hellen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 159 spots since 2024 (#1,637 → #1,796)
  • 400 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #1,796)
  • 522 spots since 2015 (#2,318 → #1,796)
  • Biggest jump: 635 spots in 1889 (#1,276 → #641)
  • Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1888 (#860 → #1,276)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1924 at #508 (195 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1889–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,404
  • Highest: 1 in 6,404 girls born in 1924 were named Hellen (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,351 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.0% of all girls named Hellen (1,668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s53#641 (1889)#866
1890s153#719 (1894)#791
1900s252#622 (1906)#730
1910s916#543 (1910)#627
1920s1,668#508 (1924)#548
1930s1,191#530 (1931)#616
1940s864#706 (1940)#861
1950s531#1,057 (1951)#1,424
1960s297#1,858 (1962)#2,238
1970s184#2,881 (1975)#3,971
1980s182#3,431 (1983)#4,361
1990s231#3,448 (1997)#4,593
2000s484#2,368 (2007)#3,434
2010s722#2,070 (2019)#2,560
2020s625#1,514 (2023)#1,947

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.

Hellen in 1945

girls
#803
88 births · 1 in 14,853 girls

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #803Hellen88
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 14,853 of them was named Hellen, which outranked 84.7% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hellen
  1. #799Gina89
  2. #799Rowena89
  3. #799Sidney89
  4. #803Hellen88
  5. #803Ardis88
  6. #803Benita88
  7. #803Gayla88
  8. #810David87
  9. #810Emilie87
  10. #810Evangelina87

Tied with 6 names at #803; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1945 →