How popular is “Helen” in the USA?
Number of people named “Helen” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Helen” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Helen” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Helen” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Helen” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Helen” by birth year
This chart shows how “Helen” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 636 | 0.003156578 | 636 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 619 | 0.003212447 | 612 | 7 | 98% |
| 1882 | 838 | 0.003782732 | 838 | 100% | |
| 1883 | 867 | 0.003996405 | 862 | 5 | 99% |
| 1884 | 986 | 0.00404993 | 986 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 1140 | 0.004733158 | 1134 | 6 | 99% |
| 1886 | 1267 | 0.004962458 | 1267 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 1405 | 0.005679223 | 1405 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 1852 | 0.006184176 | 1847 | 5 | 99% |
| 1889 | 1917 | 0.006634458 | 1909 | 8 | 99% |
| 1890 | 2319 | 0.007694069 | 2312 | 7 | 99% |
| 1891 | 2426 | 0.008462633 | 2417 | 9 | 99% |
| 1892 | 2943 | 0.008801522 | 2936 | 7 | 100% |
| 1893 | 3257 | 0.010014667 | 3249 | 8 | 100% |
| 1894 | 3684 | 0.010877203 | 3676 | 8 | 100% |
| 1895 | 4040 | 0.011509283 | 4023 | 17 | 99% |
| 1896 | 4402 | 0.012313838 | 4392 | 10 | 100% |
| 1897 | 4535 | 0.013070784 | 4519 | 16 | 99% |
| 1898 | 5247 | 0.013755227 | 5230 | 17 | 99% |
| 1899 | 5064 | 0.014927749 | 5048 | 16 | 99% |
| 1900 | 6360 | 0.014125204 | 6342 | 18 | 99% |
| 1901 | 5264 | 0.015222143 | 5247 | 17 | 99% |
| 1902 | 5997 | 0.015506823 | 5967 | 30 | 99% |
| 1903 | 6158 | 0.016154164 | 6129 | 29 | 99% |
| 1904 | 6503 | 0.016117079 | 6488 | 15 | 100% |
| 1905 | 6837 | 0.01612789 | 6811 | 26 | 99% |
| 1906 | 7202 | 0.016809391 | 7176 | 26 | 99% |
| 1907 | 7599 | 0.016328206 | 7579 | 20 | 99% |
| 1908 | 8469 | 0.017331423 | 8439 | 30 | 99% |
| 1909 | 9286 | 0.018164249 | 9250 | 36 | 99% |
| 1910 | 10509 | 0.017790426 | 10479 | 30 | 99% |
| 1911 | 11847 | 0.018388025 | 11801 | 46 | 99% |
| 1912 | 16171 | 0.016366398 | 16133 | 38 | 100% |
| 1913 | 18939 | 0.016655367 | 18888 | 51 | 99% |
| 1914 | 23275 | 0.016433131 | 23221 | 54 | 100% |
| 1915 | 30926 | 0.016877042 | 30866 | 60 | 100% |
| 1916 | 32744 | 0.016927082 | 32661 | 83 | 99% |
| 1917 | 34312 | 0.017098293 | 34251 | 61 | 100% |
| 1918 | 36228 | 0.01668638 | 36148 | 80 | 100% |
| 1919 | 33766 | 0.016000971 | 33706 | 60 | 100% |
| 1920 | 35160 | 0.015539349 | 35097 | 63 | 100% |
| 1921 | 34888 | 0.014944509 | 34822 | 66 | 100% |
| 1922 | 32577 | 0.014231015 | 32510 | 67 | 100% |
| 1923 | 31548 | 0.013701724 | 31486 | 62 | 100% |
| 1924 | 31273 | 0.013131017 | 31194 | 79 | 99% |
| 1925 | 29252 | 0.012536724 | 29172 | 80 | 99% |
| 1926 | 26959 | 0.011742252 | 26885 | 74 | 99% |
| 1927 | 25411 | 0.010956035 | 25319 | 92 | 99% |
| 1928 | 23024 | 0.010183452 | 22936 | 88 | 99% |
| 1929 | 21059 | 0.009606542 | 20982 | 77 | 99% |
| 1930 | 19997 | 0.008994336 | 19914 | 83 | 99% |
| 1931 | 17730 | 0.008425336 | 17663 | 67 | 99% |
| 1932 | 16465 | 0.007798594 | 16376 | 89 | 99% |
| 1933 | 14726 | 0.007365092 | 14644 | 82 | 99% |
| 1934 | 14150 | 0.00681336 | 14101 | 49 | 99% |
| 1935 | 12851 | 0.00614918 | 12784 | 67 | 99% |
| 1936 | 12286 | 0.005913665 | 12234 | 52 | 99% |
| 1937 | 11521 | 0.005407316 | 11455 | 66 | 99% |
| 1938 | 10901 | 0.004926845 | 10836 | 65 | 99% |
| 1939 | 10463 | 0.004748519 | 10418 | 45 | 99% |
| 1940 | 10243 | 0.004448378 | 10205 | 38 | 99% |
| 1941 | 9935 | 0.004077774 | 9886 | 49 | 99% |
| 1942 | 10053 | 0.003680048 | 10016 | 37 | 99% |
| 1943 | 9837 | 0.003485139 | 9799 | 38 | 99% |
| 1944 | 8732 | 0.003246029 | 8696 | 36 | 99% |
| 1945 | 8331 | 0.003140374 | 8301 | 30 | 99% |
| 1946 | 8884 | 0.002780355 | 8851 | 33 | 99% |
| 1947 | 9004 | 0.002499542 | 8980 | 24 | 99% |
| 1948 | 8323 | 0.002410713 | 8301 | 22 | 99% |
| 1949 | 7734 | 0.002219392 | 7707 | 27 | 99% |
| 1950 | 7078 | 0.002020342 | 7059 | 19 | 99% |
| 1951 | 6964 | 0.00189048 | 6950 | 14 | 100% |
| 1952 | 6480 | 0.001706158 | 6463 | 17 | 99% |
| 1953 | 6143 | 0.001594089 | 6123 | 20 | 99% |
| 1954 | 5961 | 0.001497481 | 5947 | 14 | 100% |
| 1955 | 5610 | 0.001397249 | 5591 | 19 | 99% |
| 1956 | 5297 | 0.001284732 | 5280 | 17 | 99% |
| 1957 | 5034 | 0.001197983 | 5020 | 14 | 99% |
| 1958 | 4789 | 0.001158372 | 4769 | 20 | 99% |
| 1959 | 4389 | 0.00105588 | 4374 | 15 | 99% |
| 1960 | 4079 | 0.000981964 | 4069 | 10 | 100% |
| 1961 | 3870 | 0.000934342 | 3858 | 12 | 99% |
| 1962 | 3602 | 0.000892729 | 3586 | 16 | 99% |
| 1963 | 3347 | 0.000845558 | 3338 | 9 | 99% |
| 1964 | 3109 | 0.00079973 | 3100 | 9 | 99% |
| 1965 | 2815 | 0.000776449 | 2801 | 14 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2452 | 0.000705496 | 2447 | 5 | 100% |
| 1967 | 2164 | 0.00063743 | 2156 | 8 | 99% |
| 1968 | 1896 | 0.000561219 | 1884 | 12 | 99% |
| 1969 | 1868 | 0.0005375 | 1858 | 10 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1727 | 0.000478857 | 1718 | 9 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1449 | 0.000422168 | 1440 | 9 | 99% |
| 1972 | 1250 | 0.000397707 | 1241 | 9 | 99% |
| 1973 | 1136 | 0.000376551 | 1136 | 100% | |
| 1974 | 1148 | 0.000377632 | 1141 | 7 | 99% |
| 1975 | 1065 | 0.000352722 | 1059 | 6 | 99% |
| 1976 | 953 | 0.000314074 | 944 | 9 | 98% |
| 1977 | 1000 | 0.000314821 | 994 | 6 | 99% |
| 1978 | 929 | 0.000292707 | 924 | 5 | 99% |
| 1979 | 883 | 0.000265407 | 878 | 5 | 99% |
| 1980 | 913 | 0.000265061 | 913 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 899 | 0.000259877 | 899 | 100% | |
| 1982 | 876 | 0.000249719 | 876 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 844 | 0.0002437 | 844 | 100% | |
| 1984 | 865 | 0.000247946 | 858 | 7 | 98% |
| 1985 | 814 | 0.000228077 | 808 | 6 | 99% |
| 1986 | 774 | 0.000217602 | 768 | 6 | 98% |
| 1987 | 816 | 0.000226322 | 816 | 100% | |
| 1988 | 781 | 0.000211375 | 774 | 7 | 98% |
| 1989 | 868 | 0.000225787 | 858 | 10 | 98% |
| 1990 | 870 | 0.000220128 | 863 | 7 | 98% |
| 1991 | 779 | 0.000199995 | 774 | 5 | 99% |
| 1992 | 828 | 0.000215564 | 828 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 873 | 0.000231557 | 868 | 5 | 99% |
| 1994 | 854 | 0.000229725 | 849 | 5 | 99% |
| 1995 | 838 | 0.000228835 | 838 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 900 | 0.000246775 | 900 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 812 | 0.000223961 | 812 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 832 | 0.000226204 | 832 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 841 | 0.000227682 | 841 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 891 | 0.000235727 | 891 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 884 | 0.000236157 | 884 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 875 | 0.000234074 | 875 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 783 | 0.000205943 | 783 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 866 | 0.000226664 | 861 | 5 | 99% |
| 2005 | 960 | 0.000249704 | 960 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 949 | 0.000239901 | 949 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 932 | 0.00023316 | 932 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 885 | 0.000225185 | 885 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 826 | 0.000216259 | 826 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 704 | 0.00019052 | 704 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 730 | 0.000199609 | 730 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 772 | 0.000211122 | 772 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 740 | 0.000203029 | 740 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 802 | 0.00021644 | 802 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 767 | 0.000207306 | 767 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 815 | 0.000222221 | 815 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 763 | 0.000213443 | 763 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 745 | 0.000212 | 745 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 743 | 0.000214196 | 743 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 721 | 0.000216008 | 721 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 704 | 0.000207996 | 704 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 749 | 0.000221689 | 749 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 768 | 0.000232922 | 768 | 100% |