Helyn
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 62 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,084since 1897
Helyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Helyn has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
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| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,244 | 41 |
| 1923 | #1,054 | 52 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1920 | #968 | 57 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #969 | 55 |
| 1917 | #879 | 62 |
| 1916 | #949 | 52 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Helyn! It came in at #1,167, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Helyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Helyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Helyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1920
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1914
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1917 at #879 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1916–1918
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,440
- Highest: 1 in 17,440 girls born in 1917 were named Helyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 34.4% of all girls named Helyn (373) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,167 (1897) | #1,382 |
| 1900s | 61 | #1,154 (1906) | #1,415 |
| 1910s | 371 | #879 (1917) | #1,033 |
| 1920s | 373 | #968 (1920) | #1,374 |
| 1930s | 89 | #2,404 (1933) | #2,823 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,598 (1945) | #3,289 |
| 1950s | 67 | #3,235 (1950) | #4,708 |
| 1960s | 17 | #5,696 (1960) | #6,360 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 13 | #13,606 (2006) | #14,549 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,419 |
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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