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Helena: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 841 in 2025. Its best rank was #194 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #194 in 1881; #363 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Helena in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#363 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #194.
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Helena: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 841 girls in 2025. Peak: #194 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 841 (2025).
In 2025, 841 US girls were named Helena, making it the 363rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 51 places from #414 in 2024. That is 87 more than the 754 girls named Helena in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #194, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 841, in 2025. For comparison, it was #535 in 2015 and #563 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Helena in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 60 babies with the name. In all, 40,412 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 5,882 babies named Helena.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,704 US girls were named Helena; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 841. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,911 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Helena ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #88 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Helen (1,027,307 babies since 1880), Ellen (276,029 babies since 1880), Lena (146,805 babies since 1880) and Elena (108,117 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Helaina, Helana and Helina are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Aileen, Eileen, Elaine, Eleanor, Ellen and Lena.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Galician, Polish and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Helaina (1,038), Helana (566), Helina (535), Helayna (364), Hellena (194), Heleena (83), Helaena (77), Heliana (58), Helenna (53), Heleyna (34), Heleana (20), Heleina (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 63 | #88 | #281 |
| Maine | 6 | #189 | — |
| Florida | 89 | #211 | #677 |
| New Jersey | 36 | #232 | #440 |
| Virginia | 30 | #277 | #531 |
| Oregon | 13 | #281 | #400 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #305 | #373 |
| California | 102 | #320 | #460 |
| Texas | 106 | #321 | #469 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #331 | — |
| Nebraska | 6 | #358 | — |
| Washington | 20 | #359 | #345 |
| Colorado | 16 | #378 | #720 |
| Ohio | 30 | #379 | #524 |
| Indiana | 18 | #385 | #1,148 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #389 | #428 |
| Arizona | 16 | #428 | #318 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #439 | #708 |
| Georgia | 25 | #459 | #790 |
| Nevada | 6 | #463 | — |
| Michigan | 18 | #468 | #405 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #497 | #656 |
| New York | 33 | #511 | #514 |
| Maryland | 10 | #523 | #595 |
| Illinois | 19 | #529 | #405 |
| Kansas | 6 | #531 | #669 |
| Missouri | 11 | #532 | #639 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #537 | #696 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #602 | — |
| Iowa | 5 | #612 | #380 |
| Utah | 6 | #649 | — |
| Tennessee | 11 | #671 | #985 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #842 | #783 |
| Alabama | 5 | #867 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 841 | #363 | — | — |
| 2024 | 754 | #414 | — | — |
| 2023 | 678 | #456 | — | — |
| 2022 | 675 | #471 | — | — |
| 2021 | 604 | #513 | — | — |
| 2020 | 593 | #512 | — | — |
| 2019 | 658 | #475 | — | — |
| 2018 | 689 | #458 | — | — |
| 2017 | 610 | #515 | — | — |
| 2016 | 602 | #517 | — | — |
| 2015 | 583 | #535 | — | — |
| 2014 | 627 | #498 | — | — |
| 2013 | 543 | #548 | — | — |
| 2012 | 529 | #558 | — | — |
| 2011 | 491 | #588 | — | — |
| 2010 | 550 | #534 | — | — |
| 2009 | 533 | #573 | — | — |
| 2008 | 503 | #609 | — | — |
| 2007 | 584 | #536 | — | — |
| 2006 | 595 | #511 | — | — |
| 2005 | 530 | #542 | — | — |
| 2004 | 511 | #561 | — | — |
| 2003 | 541 | #521 | — | — |
| 2002 | 432 | #599 | — | — |
| 2001 | 417 | #602 | — | — |
| 2000 | 367 | #662 | — | — |
| 1999 | 415 | #591 | — | — |
| 1998 | 339 | #679 | — | — |
| 1997 | 310 | #694 | — | — |
| 1996 | 350 | #641 | — | — |
| 1995 | 342 | #637 | — | — |
| 1994 | 287 | #724 | — | — |
| 1993 | 233 | #843 | — | — |
| 1992 | 187 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1991 | 196 | #963 | — | — |
| 1990 | 200 | #946 | — | — |
| 1989 | 175 | #988 | — | — |
| 1988 | 187 | #914 | — | — |
| 1987 | 166 | #962 | — | — |
| 1986 | 206 | #816 | — | — |
| 1985 | 187 | #859 | — | — |
| 1984 | 203 | #790 | — | — |
| 1983 | 206 | #776 | — | — |
| 1982 | 244 | #712 | — | — |
| 1981 | 222 | #746 | — | — |
| 1980 | 218 | #761 | — | — |
| 1979 | 244 | #694 | — | — |
| 1978 | 212 | #738 | — | — |
| 1977 | 213 | #725 | — | — |
| 1976 | 186 | #773 | — | — |
| 1975 | 205 | #721 | — | — |
| 1974 | 193 | #739 | — | — |
| 1973 | 188 | #743 | — | — |
| 1972 | 189 | #739 | — | — |
| 1971 | 187 | #778 | — | — |
| 1970 | 201 | #737 | — | — |
| 1969 | 193 | #724 | — | — |
| 1968 | 185 | #719 | — | — |
| 1967 | 197 | #695 | — | — |
| 1966 | 226 | #636 | — | — |
| 1965 | 260 | #594 | — | — |
| 1964 | 305 | #563 | — | — |
| 1963 | 272 | #608 | — | — |
| 1962 | 253 | #636 | — | — |
| 1961 | 236 | #675 | — | — |
| 1960 | 215 | #695 | — | — |
| 1959 | 249 | #631 | — | — |
| 1958 | 230 | #654 | — | — |
| 1957 | 263 | #602 | — | — |
| 1956 | 225 | #636 | — | — |
| 1955 | 208 | #643 | — | — |
| 1954 | 214 | #622 | — | — |
| 1953 | 228 | #588 | — | — |
| 1952 | 209 | #601 | — | — |
| 1951 | 228 | #560 | — | — |
| 1950 | 219 | #563 | — | — |
| 1949 | 226 | #555 | — | — |
| 1948 | 210 | #578 | — | — |
| 1947 | 220 | #576 | — | — |
| 1946 | 228 | #521 | — | — |
| 1945 | 178 | #551 | — | — |
| 1944 | 183 | #536 | — | — |
| 1943 | 209 | #516 | — | — |
| 1942 | 218 | #502 | — | — |
| 1941 | 194 | #500 | — | — |
| 1940 | 200 | #478 | — | — |
| 1939 | 195 | #478 | — | — |
| 1938 | 168 | #520 | — | — |
| 1937 | 198 | #464 | — | — |
| 1936 | 177 | #483 | — | — |
| 1935 | 190 | #462 | — | — |
| 1934 | 188 | #473 | — | — |
| 1933 | 205 | #459 | — | — |
| 1932 | 224 | #443 | — | — |
| 1931 | 248 | #412 | — | — |
| 1930 | 242 | #430 | — | — |
| 1929 | 252 | #421 | — | — |
| 1928 | 270 | #416 | — | — |
| 1927 | 287 | #403 | — | — |
| 1926 | 257 | #429 | — | — |
| 1925 | 351 | #363 | — | — |
| 1924 | 386 | #342 | — | — |
| 1923 | 372 | #341 | — | — |
| 1922 | 358 | #345 | — | — |
| 1921 | 391 | #334 | — | — |
| 1920 | 383 | #334 | — | — |
| 1919 | 440 | #302 | — | — |
| 1918 | 488 | #285 | — | — |
| 1917 | 440 | #294 | — | — |
| 1916 | 424 | #289 | — | — |
| 1915 | 405 | #289 | — | — |
| 1914 | 327 | #291 | — | — |
| 1913 | 245 | #302 | — | — |
| 1912 | 220 | #308 | — | — |
| 1911 | 175 | #299 | — | — |
| 1910 | 175 | #293 | — | — |
| 1909 | 151 | #293 | — | — |
| 1908 | 124 | #317 | — | — |
| 1907 | 139 | #296 | — | — |
| 1906 | 93 | #347 | — | — |
| 1905 | 106 | #326 | — | — |
| 1904 | 112 | #305 | — | — |
| 1903 | 108 | #302 | — | — |
| 1902 | 133 | #270 | — | — |
| 1901 | 119 | #271 | — | — |
| 1900 | 112 | #319 | — | — |
| 1899 | 135 | #240 | — | — |
| 1898 | 133 | #260 | — | — |
| 1897 | 131 | #246 | — | — |
| 1896 | 118 | #265 | — | — |
| 1895 | 107 | #273 | — | — |
| 1894 | 106 | #268 | — | — |
| 1893 | 99 | #269 | — | — |
| 1892 | 124 | #234 | — | — |
| 1891 | 94 | #252 | — | — |
| 1890 | 100 | #248 | — | — |
| 1889 | 103 | #231 | — | — |
| 1888 | 103 | #228 | — | — |
| 1887 | 78 | #239 | — | — |
| 1886 | 69 | #248 | — | — |
| 1885 | 86 | #210 | — | — |
| 1884 | 86 | #201 | — | — |
| 1883 | 69 | #212 | — | — |
| 1882 | 60 | #222 | — | — |
| 1881 | 61 | #194 | — | — |
| 1880 | 60 | #198 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).