Helaine
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,794since 1909
Helaine over time
Rank among girls' names. Helaine has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,334 | 57 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 |
| 1950 | #1,276 | 52 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 |
| 1947 | #1,086 | 67 |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 |
| 1942 | #1,137 | 48 |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 |
| 1938 | #870 | 65 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | — | |
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| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Helaine is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#416 · 1 in 5,101
Best ever in a state: #264 in New Jersey, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #416 | 28 | 1 in 5,101 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Helaine
- 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)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1938 at #870 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1938
- 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%)
- 26.7% of all girls named Helaine (479) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,156 (1919) | #3,004 |
| 1920s | 125 | #2,169 (1923) | #2,695 |
| 1930s | 241 | #870 (1938) | #1,880 |
| 1940s | 479 | #1,086 (1947) | #1,200 |
| 1950s | 425 | #1,225 (1953) | #1,652 |
| 1960s | 354 | #1,497 (1964) | #2,152 |
| 1970s | 79 | #3,373 (1971) | #6,107 |
| 1980s | 17 | #9,110 (1981) | #9,580 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,738 (1992) | #12,628 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,405 (2008) | #15,405 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
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1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 32,943 of them was named Helaine, which outranked 79.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,259Sheryle53
- #1,259Shirleen53
- #1,259Tonie53
- #1,276Helaine52
- #1,276Arnetta52
- #1,276Donzella52
- #1,276Janett52
- #1,285Antonette51
- #1,285Cherri51
- #1,285Donald51
Tied with 8 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.