Helen Girl
How popular is Helen?
#461 girl name in 2025
668 baby girls were named Helen in the US in 2025, making it the 461st most popular girl name.
Helen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #461 for girls (▼ 36 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 668 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #419 in 2015, #426 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (36,148 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2 in 1900 (20 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Helen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Helen family of names ranked #384 for girls in 2025 (#362 the year before), with 822 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Helen is most popular
Babies named Helen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 1.7 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Maryland: 1.2 per 1,000 (125 girls)
- Virginia: 1.0 per 1,000 (169 girls)
- Alabama: 0.8 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (42 girls)
Helen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11,496 | #16 |
| 1890s | 37,802 | #3 |
| 1900s | 69,428 | #2 |
| 1910s | 248,154 | #2 |
| 1920s | 290,404 | #3 |
| 1930s | 140,426 | #4 |
| 1940s | 90,742 | #18 |
| 1950s | 57,580 | #50 |
| 1960s | 29,099 | #117 |
| 1970s | 11,476 | #191 |
| 1980s | 8,413 | #272 |
| 1990s | 8,403 | #307 |
| 2000s | 8,847 | #333 |
| 2010s | 7,585 | #403 |
| 2020s | 4,347 | #395 |
Girl names about as popular as Helen
Questions
- Is Helen a boy or girl name?
- Helen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Helen were girls.
- How popular is the name Helen?
- 668 baby girls were named Helen in the US in 2025, making it the 461st most popular girl name.
- When was Helen most popular?
- Helen peaked in 1918, when 36,148 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2, held for 20 years starting in 1900.
- How many people are named Helen?
- 1,027,307 babies have been named Helen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 225,948 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 75.
- Where is Helen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Helen was most common in District of Columbia, at 1.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.