Hellen Girl
How popular is Hellen?
#1,796 girl name in 2025
112 baby girls were named Hellen in the US in 2025, making it the 1796th most popular girl name.
Hellen popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,796 for girls (▼ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 112 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,318 in 2015, #2,196 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (195 girls) |
| Highest rank | #508 in 1924 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hellen 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 Hellen is most popular
Babies named Hellen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Hellen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #641 |
| 1890s | 153 | #719 |
| 1900s | 252 | #622 |
| 1910s | 916 | #543 |
| 1920s | 1,668 | #508 |
| 1930s | 1,191 | #530 |
| 1940s | 864 | #706 |
| 1950s | 531 | #1,056 |
| 1960s | 297 | #1,857 |
| 1970s | 184 | #2,881 |
| 1980s | 182 | #3,430 |
| 1990s | 231 | #3,445 |
| 2000s | 484 | #2,368 |
| 2010s | 722 | #2,070 |
| 2020s | 625 | #1,514 |
Girl names about as popular as Hellen
Questions
- Is Hellen a boy or girl name?
- Hellen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hellen were girls.
- How popular is the name Hellen?
- 112 baby girls were named Hellen in the US in 2025, making it the 1796th most popular girl name.
- When was Hellen most popular?
- Hellen peaked in 1924, when 195 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #508 in 1924.
- How many people are named Hellen?
- 8,353 babies have been named Hellen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,010 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Hellen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hellen was most common in Maryland, at 0.2 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.