Helene Girl
How popular is Helene?
#3,576 girl name in 2025
42 baby girls were named Helene in the US in 2025, making it the 3576th most popular girl name.
Helene popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,576 for girls (▲ 182 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,704 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (728 girls) |
| Highest rank | #227 in 1916 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Helene 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 Helene is most popular
Babies named Helene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Helene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 282 | #362 |
| 1890s | 807 | #273 |
| 1900s | 1,367 | #265 |
| 1910s | 5,363 | #227 |
| 1920s | 5,519 | #252 |
| 1930s | 4,404 | #272 |
| 1940s | 4,933 | #295 |
| 1950s | 4,739 | #348 |
| 1960s | 2,896 | #467 |
| 1970s | 973 | #940 |
| 1980s | 565 | #1,515 |
| 1990s | 464 | #2,183 |
| 2000s | 472 | #1,822 |
| 2010s | 340 | #3,701 |
| 2020s | 210 | #3,576 |
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Questions
- Is Helene a boy or girl name?
- Helene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Helene were girls.
- How popular is the name Helene?
- 42 baby girls were named Helene in the US in 2025, making it the 3576th most popular girl name.
- When was Helene most popular?
- Helene peaked in 1918, when 728 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #227 in 1916.
- How many people are named Helene?
- 33,334 babies have been named Helene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,824 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Helene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Helene was most common in New York, at 0.0 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.