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 | 0.003212414 | 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 | 0.006184197 | 1847 | 5 | 99% |
| 1889 | 1917 | 0.006634458 | 1909 | 8 | 99% |
| 1890 | 2319 | 0.007694069 | 2312 | 7 | 99% |
| 1891 | 2426 | 0.008462663 | 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 | 0.01375519 | 5230 | 17 | 99% |
| 1899 | 5064 | 0.014927793 | 5048 | 16 | 99% |
| 1900 | 6360 | 0.01412514 | 6342 | 18 | 99% |
| 1901 | 5264 | 0.015222143 | 5247 | 17 | 99% |
| 1902 | 5997 | 0.015506863 | 5967 | 30 | 99% |
| 1903 | 6158 | 0.016154164 | 6129 | 29 | 99% |
| 1904 | 6503 | 0.016117079 | 6488 | 15 | 100% |
| 1905 | 6837 | 0.016127853 | 6811 | 26 | 99% |
| 1906 | 7202 | 0.016809391 | 7176 | 26 | 99% |
| 1907 | 7599 | 0.016328171 | 7579 | 20 | 99% |
| 1908 | 8469 | 0.017331352 | 8439 | 30 | 99% |
| 1909 | 9286 | 0.018164249 | 9250 | 36 | 99% |
| 1910 | 10509 | 0.017790396 | 10479 | 30 | 99% |
| 1911 | 11847 | 0.018387996 | 11801 | 46 | 99% |
| 1912 | 16171 | 0.016366415 | 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 | 0.016927054 | 32661 | 83 | 99% |
| 1917 | 34312 | 0.01709825 | 34251 | 61 | 100% |
| 1918 | 36228 | 0.016686395 | 36148 | 80 | 100% |
| 1919 | 33766 | 0.01600094 | 33706 | 60 | 100% |
| 1920 | 35160 | 0.015539302 | 35097 | 63 | 100% |
| 1921 | 34888 | 0.014944502 | 34822 | 66 | 100% |
| 1922 | 32577 | 0.014231034 | 32510 | 67 | 100% |
| 1923 | 31548 | 0.013701664 | 31486 | 62 | 100% |
| 1924 | 31273 | 0.013130972 | 31194 | 79 | 99% |
| 1925 | 29251 | 0.012536209 | 29171 | 80 | 99% |
| 1926 | 26960 | 0.011742692 | 26886 | 74 | 99% |
| 1927 | 25411 | 0.010956063 | 25319 | 92 | 99% |
| 1928 | 23024 | 0.01018355 | 22936 | 88 | 99% |
| 1929 | 21059 | 0.009606468 | 20982 | 77 | 99% |
| 1930 | 19997 | 0.008994369 | 19914 | 83 | 99% |
| 1931 | 17730 | 0.008425413 | 17663 | 67 | 99% |
| 1932 | 16465 | 0.007798649 | 16376 | 89 | 99% |
| 1933 | 14726 | 0.00736518 | 14644 | 82 | 99% |
| 1934 | 14150 | 0.006813478 | 14101 | 49 | 99% |
| 1935 | 12851 | 0.006149336 | 12784 | 67 | 99% |
| 1936 | 12286 | 0.005913767 | 12234 | 52 | 99% |
| 1937 | 11521 | 0.005407336 | 11455 | 66 | 99% |
| 1938 | 10901 | 0.004926865 | 10836 | 65 | 99% |
| 1939 | 10463 | 0.00474856 | 10418 | 45 | 99% |
| 1940 | 10241 | 0.004447583 | 10203 | 38 | 99% |
| 1941 | 9935 | 0.004077838 | 9886 | 49 | 99% |
| 1942 | 10052 | 0.003679725 | 10015 | 37 | 99% |
| 1943 | 9838 | 0.003485555 | 9800 | 38 | 99% |
| 1944 | 8733 | 0.00324646 | 8697 | 36 | 99% |
| 1945 | 8330 | 0.00314002 | 8300 | 30 | 99% |
| 1946 | 8884 | 0.002780379 | 8851 | 33 | 99% |
| 1947 | 9004 | 0.002499568 | 8980 | 24 | 99% |
| 1948 | 8323 | 0.002410731 | 8301 | 22 | 99% |
| 1949 | 7734 | 0.002219408 | 7707 | 27 | 99% |
| 1950 | 7078 | 0.002020321 | 7059 | 19 | 99% |
| 1951 | 6964 | 0.001890457 | 6950 | 14 | 100% |
| 1952 | 6481 | 0.001706409 | 6464 | 17 | 99% |
| 1953 | 6141 | 0.001593571 | 6121 | 20 | 99% |
| 1954 | 5962 | 0.001497723 | 5948 | 14 | 100% |
| 1955 | 5610 | 0.001397237 | 5591 | 19 | 99% |
| 1956 | 5296 | 0.001284475 | 5279 | 17 | 99% |
| 1957 | 5034 | 0.00119786 | 5020 | 14 | 99% |
| 1958 | 4785 | 0.00115782 | 4765 | 20 | 99% |
| 1959 | 4390 | 0.001056121 | 4375 | 15 | 99% |
| 1960 | 4079 | 0.000981876 | 4069 | 10 | 100% |
| 1961 | 3869 | 0.000934332 | 3857 | 12 | 99% |
| 1962 | 3603 | 0.000892926 | 3587 | 16 | 99% |
| 1963 | 3347 | 0.000845503 | 3338 | 9 | 99% |
| 1964 | 3108 | 0.00079945 | 3099 | 9 | 99% |
| 1965 | 2816 | 0.000776694 | 2802 | 14 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2453 | 0.000705771 | 2448 | 5 | 100% |
| 1967 | 2164 | 0.000637406 | 2156 | 8 | 99% |
| 1968 | 1896 | 0.000561186 | 1884 | 12 | 99% |
| 1969 | 1869 | 0.000537742 | 1859 | 10 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1727 | 0.000478814 | 1718 | 9 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1449 | 0.000422144 | 1440 | 9 | 99% |
| 1972 | 1250 | 0.000397669 | 1241 | 9 | 99% |
| 1973 | 1136 | 0.000376518 | 1136 | 100% | |
| 1974 | 1149 | 0.000377935 | 1142 | 7 | 99% |
| 1975 | 1066 | 0.000353012 | 1060 | 6 | 99% |
| 1976 | 953 | 0.000314041 | 944 | 9 | 98% |
| 1977 | 1000 | 0.000314792 | 994 | 6 | 99% |
| 1978 | 930 | 0.000292988 | 925 | 5 | 99% |
| 1979 | 883 | 0.000265379 | 878 | 5 | 99% |
| 1980 | 914 | 0.000265324 | 914 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 899 | 0.000259858 | 899 | 100% | |
| 1982 | 876 | 0.000249702 | 876 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 844 | 0.000243688 | 844 | 100% | |
| 1984 | 865 | 0.000247941 | 858 | 7 | 98% |
| 1985 | 814 | 0.000228074 | 808 | 6 | 99% |
| 1986 | 774 | 0.000217602 | 768 | 6 | 98% |
| 1987 | 816 | 0.000226325 | 816 | 100% | |
| 1988 | 781 | 0.00021138 | 774 | 7 | 98% |
| 1989 | 868 | 0.000225789 | 858 | 10 | 98% |
| 1990 | 870 | 0.000220136 | 863 | 7 | 98% |
| 1991 | 779 | 0.000200001 | 774 | 5 | 99% |
| 1992 | 828 | 0.000215571 | 828 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 873 | 0.000231566 | 868 | 5 | 99% |
| 1994 | 854 | 0.000229733 | 849 | 5 | 99% |
| 1995 | 838 | 0.000228844 | 838 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 900 | 0.000246784 | 900 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 812 | 0.000223967 | 812 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 832 | 0.000226211 | 832 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 841 | 0.00022769 | 841 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 891 | 0.000235738 | 891 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 884 | 0.000236168 | 884 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 875 | 0.000234095 | 875 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 783 | 0.000205957 | 783 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 866 | 0.00022668 | 861 | 5 | 99% |
| 2005 | 960 | 0.000249729 | 960 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 949 | 0.00023993 | 949 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 931 | 0.000232945 | 931 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 885 | 0.000225224 | 885 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 826 | 0.000216297 | 826 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 704 | 0.000190557 | 704 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 730 | 0.000199655 | 730 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 772 | 0.000211176 | 772 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 739 | 0.000202818 | 739 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 802 | 0.000216512 | 802 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 767 | 0.000207388 | 767 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 815 | 0.000222322 | 815 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 762 | 0.000213281 | 762 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 745 | 0.000212145 | 745 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 743 | 0.000214379 | 743 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 721 | 0.000216258 | 721 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 703 | 0.000208006 | 703 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 747 | 0.000222196 | 747 | 100% |