Helena
- #363 for girls in 2025, 841 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 60 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 40,412since 1880
Helena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Helena has never cracked the top 100 here.
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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #363 | 841 |
| 2024 | #414 | 754 |
| 2023 | #456 | 678 |
| 2022 | #471 | 675 |
| 2021 | #512 | 604 |
| 2020 | #512 | 593 |
| 2019 | #474 | 658 |
| 2018 | #458 | 689 |
| 2017 | #515 | 610 |
| 2016 | #517 | 602 |
| 2015 | #534 | 583 |
| 2014 | #498 | 627 |
| 2013 | #547 | 543 |
| 2012 | #558 | 529 |
| 2011 | #587 | 491 |
| 2010 | #534 | 550 |
| 2009 | #573 | 533 |
| 2008 | #609 | 503 |
| 2007 | #536 | 584 |
| 2006 | #511 | 595 |
| 2005 | #542 | 530 |
| 2004 | #561 | 511 |
| 2003 | #521 | 541 |
| 2002 | #599 | 432 |
| 2001 | #602 | 417 |
| 2000 | #662 | 367 |
| 1999 | #590 | 415 |
| 1998 | #678 | 339 |
| 1997 | #693 | 310 |
| 1996 | #640 | 350 |
| 1995 | #637 | 342 |
| 1994 | #724 | 287 |
| 1993 | #841 | 233 |
| 1992 | #1,006 | 187 |
| 1991 | #962 | 196 |
| 1990 | #946 | 200 |
| 1989 | #986 | 175 |
| 1988 | #913 | 187 |
| 1987 | #960 | 166 |
| 1986 | #815 | 206 |
| 1985 | #858 | 187 |
| 1984 | #789 | 203 |
| 1983 | #774 | 206 |
| 1982 | #710 | 244 |
| 1981 | #743 | 222 |
| 1980 | #759 | 218 |
| 1979 | #693 | 244 |
| 1978 | #736 | 212 |
| 1977 | #725 | 213 |
| 1976 | #772 | 186 |
| 1975 | #721 | 205 |
| 1974 | #738 | 193 |
| 1973 | #743 | 188 |
| 1972 | #738 | 189 |
| 1971 | #777 | 187 |
| 1970 | #736 | 201 |
| 1969 | #723 | 193 |
| 1968 | #716 | 185 |
| 1967 | #695 | 197 |
| 1966 | #636 | 226 |
| 1965 | #594 | 260 |
| 1964 | #563 | 305 |
| 1963 | #608 | 272 |
| 1962 | #635 | 253 |
| 1961 | #672 | 236 |
| 1960 | #694 | 215 |
| 1959 | #631 | 249 |
| 1958 | #654 | 230 |
| 1957 | #602 | 263 |
| 1956 | #636 | 225 |
| 1955 | #642 | 208 |
| 1954 | #622 | 214 |
| 1953 | #586 | 228 |
| 1952 | #601 | 209 |
| 1951 | #560 | 228 |
| 1950 | #562 | 219 |
| 1949 | #555 | 226 |
| 1948 | #578 | 210 |
| 1947 | #576 | 220 |
| 1946 | #520 | 228 |
| 1945 | #550 | 178 |
| 1944 | #536 | 183 |
| 1943 | #515 | 209 |
| 1942 | #501 | 218 |
| 1941 | #500 | 194 |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 |
| 1939 | #478 | 195 |
| 1938 | #519 | 168 |
| 1937 | #464 | 198 |
| 1936 | #482 | 177 |
| 1935 | #462 | 190 |
| 1934 | #472 | 188 |
| 1933 | #459 | 205 |
| 1932 | #442 | 224 |
| 1931 | #411 | 248 |
| 1930 | #427 | 242 |
| 1929 | #421 | 252 |
| 1928 | #415 | 270 |
| 1927 | #403 | 287 |
| 1926 | #429 | 257 |
| 1925 | #363 | 351 |
| 1924 | #342 | 386 |
| 1923 | #339 | 372 |
| 1922 | #345 | 358 |
| 1921 | #334 | 391 |
| 1920 | #334 | 383 |
| 1919 | #301 | 440 |
| 1918 | #285 | 488 |
| 1917 | #294 | 440 |
| 1916 | #289 | 424 |
| 1915 | #289 | 405 |
| 1914 | #291 | 327 |
| 1913 | #302 | 245 |
| 1912 | #308 | 220 |
| 1911 | #298 | 175 |
| 1910 | #293 | 175 |
| 1909 | #292 | 151 |
| 1908 | #316 | 124 |
| 1907 | #296 | 139 |
| 1906 | #347 | 93 |
| 1905 | #326 | 106 |
| 1904 | #305 | 112 |
| 1903 | #302 | 108 |
| 1902 | #270 | 133 |
| 1901 | #271 | 119 |
| 1900 | #316 | 112 |
| 1899 | #239 | 135 |
| 1898 | #258 | 133 |
| 1897 | #245 | 131 |
| 1896 | #264 | 118 |
| 1895 | #273 | 107 |
| 1894 | #267 | 106 |
| 1893 | #269 | 99 |
| 1892 | #234 | 124 |
| 1891 | #251 | 94 |
| 1890 | #248 | 100 |
| 1889 | #230 | 103 |
| 1888 | #228 | 103 |
| 1887 | #239 | 78 |
| 1886 | #248 | 69 |
| 1885 | #208 | 86 |
| 1884 | #201 | 86 |
| 1883 | #210 | 69 |
| 1882 | #221 | 60 |
| 1881 | #194 | 61 |
| 1880 | #198 | 60 |
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.
Where Helena is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#87 · 1 in 381
- Maine#176 · 1 in 519
- Florida#211 · 1 in 975
- New Jersey#229 · 1 in 986
- Virginia#272 · 1 in 1,125
Best ever in a state: #57 in Vermont, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #87 | 63 | 1 in 381 |
| Maine | #176 | 6 | 1 in 519 |
| Florida | #211 | 89 | 1 in 975 |
| New Jersey | #229 | 36 | 1 in 986 |
| Virginia | #272 | 30 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Oregon | #273 | 13 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Connecticut | #298 | 10 | 1 in 1,150 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| California | #320 | 102 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Texas | #321 | 106 | 1 in 1,515 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 6 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Washington | #356 | 20 | 1 in 1,443 |
| Colorado | #370 | 16 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Ohio | #371 | 30 | 1 in 1,576 |
| Indiana | #377 | 18 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Pennsylvania | #386 | 28 | 1 in 1,667 |
| Arizona | #416 | 16 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Minnesota | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Georgia | #452 | 25 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Michigan | #457 | 18 | 1 in 1,985 |
| North Carolina | #489 | 22 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| New York | #505 | 33 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Maryland | #511 | 10 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Illinois | #515 | 19 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Missouri | #516 | 11 | 1 in 2,209 |
| South Carolina | #519 | 9 | 1 in 2,032 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
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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 Helena
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 149 spots since 2020 (#512 → #363)
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1987
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 775 | #194 (1881) | #218 |
| 1890s | 1,147 | #234 (1892) | #255 |
| 1900s | 1,197 | #270 (1902) | #304 |
| 1910s | 3,339 | #285 (1918) | #295 |
| 1920s | 3,307 | #334 (1921) | #373 |
| 1930s | 2,035 | #411 (1931) | #462 |
| 1940s | 2,066 | #477 (1940) | #531 |
| 1950s | 2,273 | #560 (1951) | #610 |
| 1960s | 2,342 | #563 (1964) | #654 |
| 1970s | 2,018 | #693 (1979) | #738 |
| 1980s | 2,014 | #710 (1982) | #831 |
| 1990s | 2,859 | #590 (1999) | #772 |
| 2000s | 5,013 | #511 (2006) | #572 |
| 2010s | 5,882 | #458 (2018) | #522 |
| 2020s | 4,145 | #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.
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