Helena Girl
How popular is Helena?
#363 girl name in 2025
841 baby girls were named Helena in the US in 2025, making it the 363rd most popular girl name.
Helena popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #363 for girls (▲ 51 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 841 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #534 in 2015, #512 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (841 girls) |
| Highest rank | #194 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Helena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Helena family of names ranked #372 for girls in 2025 (#402 the year before), with 851 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Helena | 841 | 99% |
| Hellena | 10 | 1% |
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 Helena is most popular
Babies named Helena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 2.0 per 1,000 (241 girls)
- Hawaii: 1.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.9 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Florida: 0.8 per 1,000 (334 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (131 girls)
Helena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 775 | #194 |
| 1890s | 1,147 | #234 |
| 1900s | 1,197 | #270 |
| 1910s | 3,339 | #285 |
| 1920s | 3,307 | #334 |
| 1930s | 2,035 | #411 |
| 1940s | 2,066 | #477 |
| 1950s | 2,273 | #559 |
| 1960s | 2,342 | #563 |
| 1970s | 2,018 | #693 |
| 1980s | 2,014 | #710 |
| 1990s | 2,859 | #590 |
| 2000s | 5,013 | #511 |
| 2010s | 5,882 | #458 |
| 2020s | 4,145 | #363 |
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Questions
- Is Helena a boy or girl name?
- Helena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Helena were girls.
- How popular is the name Helena?
- 841 baby girls were named Helena in the US in 2025, making it the 363rd most popular girl name.
- When was Helena most popular?
- Helena peaked in 2025, when 841 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #194 in 1881.
- How many people are named Helena?
- 40,412 babies have been named Helena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 27,536 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Helena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Helena was most common in Massachusetts, at 2.0 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.