Hellen
#1,796 for girls in 2025, 112 births
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 195 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,353since 1883
Hellen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Hellen has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,796 | 112 |
| 2024 | #1,637 | 126 |
| 2023 | #1,514 | 142 |
| 2022 | #2,156 | 88 |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 |
| 2020 | #2,196 | 82 |
| 2019 | #2,070 | 91 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 |
| 2017 | #2,320 | 79 |
| 2016 | #2,129 | 91 |
| 2015 | #2,318 | 80 |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 |
| 2013 | #2,568 | 69 |
| 2012 | #2,401 | 77 |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 63 |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 |
| 2006 | #2,728 | 65 |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,842 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 |
| 1955 | #1,334 | 57 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 |
| 1951 | #1,057 | 77 |
| 1950 | #1,161 | 63 |
| 1949 | #1,077 | 69 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 |
| 1946 | #843 | 96 |
| 1945 | #803 | 88 |
| 1944 | #801 | 91 |
| 1943 | #824 | 89 |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 |
| 1940 | #706 | 97 |
| 1939 | #735 | 86 |
| 1938 | #650 | 111 |
| 1937 | #609 | 122 |
| 1936 | #662 | 99 |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 |
| 1934 | #612 | 116 |
| 1933 | #594 | 118 |
| 1932 | #552 | 139 |
| 1931 | #530 | 155 |
| 1930 | #566 | 144 |
| 1929 | #561 | 148 |
| 1928 | #549 | 161 |
| 1927 | #581 | 148 |
| 1926 | #544 | 166 |
| 1925 | #550 | 170 |
| 1924 | #508 | 195 |
| 1923 | #530 | 178 |
| 1922 | #542 | 171 |
| 1921 | #576 | 156 |
| 1920 | #536 | 175 |
| 1919 | #566 | 148 |
| 1918 | #578 | 152 |
| 1917 | #657 | 107 |
| 1916 | #659 | 107 |
| 1915 | #629 | 109 |
| 1914 | #681 | 73 |
| 1913 | #694 | 56 |
| 1912 | #608 | 65 |
| 1911 | #659 | 43 |
| 1910 | #543 | 56 |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 |
| 1906 | #622 | 33 |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 |
| 1898 | #821 | 17 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 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.
Where Hellen is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Arkansas#266 · 1 in 1,474
- South Carolina#269 · 1 in 1,874
- Georgia#305 · 1 in 2,333
- Alabama#349 · 1 in 3,210
- Mississippi#353 · 1 in 2,767
Best ever in a state: #210 in South Carolina, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #266 | 12 | 1 in 1,474 |
| South Carolina | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,874 |
| Georgia | #305 | 13 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Alabama | #349 | 9 | 1 in 3,210 |
| Mississippi | #353 | 8 | 1 in 2,767 |
| North Carolina | #406 | 8 | 1 in 4,564 |
| Tennessee | #435 | 5 | 1 in 5,302 |
| Louisiana | #454 | 5 | 1 in 4,279 |
| Texas | #687 | 8 | 1 in 6,984 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #641 (1889) | #866 |
| 1890s | 153 | #719 (1894) | #791 |
| 1900s | 252 | #622 (1906) | #730 |
| 1910s | 916 | #543 (1910) | #627 |
| 1920s | 1,668 | #508 (1924) | #548 |
| 1930s | 1,191 | #530 (1931) | #616 |
| 1940s | 864 | #706 (1940) | #861 |
| 1950s | 531 | #1,057 (1951) | #1,424 |
| 1960s | 297 | #1,858 (1962) | #2,238 |
| 1970s | 184 | #2,881 (1975) | #3,971 |
| 1980s | 182 | #3,431 (1983) | #4,361 |
| 1990s | 231 | #3,448 (1997) | #4,593 |
| 2000s | 484 | #2,368 (2007) | #3,434 |
| 2010s | 722 | #2,070 (2019) | #2,560 |
| 2020s | 625 | #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 1937
girls
#609
122 births · 1 in 8,722 girls
Top girls' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 8,722 of them was named Hellen, which outranked 87.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).