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How popular is “Helena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Helena” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Helena” 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 “Helena” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Helena” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Helena” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Helena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Helena” 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 60 0.00029779 60 100%
1881 61 0.000316574 61 100%
1882 60 0.00027084 60 100%
1883 69 0.000318051 69 100%
1884 86 0.000353239 86 100%
1885 86 0.000357063 86 100%
1886 69 0.000270253 69 100%
1887 78 0.000315289 78 100%
1888 103 0.000343936 103 100%
1889 103 0.000356468 103 100%
1890 100 0.000331784 100 100%
1891 94 0.0003279 94 100%
1892 124 0.000370842 124 100%
1893 99 0.000304407 99 100%
1894 106 0.000312971 106 100%
1895 107 0.000304826 107 100%
1896 118 0.000330085 118 100%
1897 131 0.000377568 131 100%
1898 133 0.000348665 133 100%
1899 135 0.000397955 135 100%
1900 112 0.000248746 112 100%
1901 119 0.000344118 119 100%
1902 133 0.000343907 133 100%
1903 108 0.000283316 108 100%
1904 112 0.000277582 112 100%
1905 106 0.000250046 106 100%
1906 93 0.000217061 93 100%
1907 139 0.000298674 139 100%
1908 124 0.000253761 124 100%
1909 151 0.00029537 151 100%
1910 175 0.000296253 175 100%
1911 175 0.000271622 175 100%
1912 220 0.000222658 220 100%
1913 245 0.000215458 245 100%
1914 327 0.000230876 327 100%
1915 405 0.000221018 405 100%
1916 424 0.000219187 424 100%
1917 440 0.00021926 440 100%
1918 488 0.00022477 488 100%
1919 440 0.000208507 440 100%
1920 383 0.000169271 383 100%
1921 391 0.000167487 391 100%
1922 358 0.00015639 358 100%
1923 372 0.000161565 372 100%
1924 386 0.000162075 386 100%
1925 351 0.000150431 351 100%
1926 257 0.000111938 257 100%
1927 287 0.000123741 287 100%
1928 270 0.000119419 270 100%
1929 252 0.000114955 252 100%
1930 242 0.000108848 242 100%
1931 248 0.000117849 248 100%
1932 224 0.000106096 224 100%
1933 205 0.000102528 205 100%
1934 188 0.000090523 188 100%
1935 190 0.000090913 190 100%
1936 177 0.000085195 177 100%
1937 198 0.000092929 198 100%
1938 168 0.00007593 168 100%
1939 195 0.000088498 195 100%
1940 200 0.000086855 200 100%
1941 194 0.000079625 194 100%
1942 218 0.0000798 218 100%
1943 209 0.000074046 209 100%
1944 183 0.000068028 183 100%
1945 178 0.000067096 178 100%
1946 228 0.000071355 228 100%
1947 220 0.000061072 220 100%
1948 210 0.000060825 210 100%
1949 226 0.000064854 226 100%
1950 219 0.000062511 219 100%
1951 228 0.000061894 228 100%
1952 209 0.000055029 209 100%
1953 228 0.000059165 228 100%
1954 214 0.000053759 214 100%
1955 208 0.000051805 208 100%
1956 225 0.000054571 225 100%
1957 263 0.000062587 263 100%
1958 229 0.000055396 229 100%
1959 249 0.000059885 249 100%
1960 215 0.00005176 215 100%
1961 237 0.000057215 237 100%
1962 252 0.000062448 252 100%
1963 272 0.000068718 272 100%
1964 305 0.000078454 305 100%
1965 260 0.000071715 260 100%
1966 226 0.000065024 226 100%
1967 197 0.000058028 197 100%
1968 185 0.000054759 185 100%
1969 193 0.000055534 193 100%
1970 201 0.000055732 201 100%
1971 187 0.000054482 187 100%
1972 189 0.000060134 189 100%
1973 188 0.000062316 188 100%
1974 193 0.000063487 193 100%
1975 205 0.000067894 205 100%
1976 186 0.000061299 186 100%
1977 213 0.000067055 213 100%
1978 213 0.000067111 213 100%
1979 244 0.000073339 244 100%
1980 218 0.000063289 218 100%
1981 222 0.000064173 222 100%
1982 244 0.000069556 244 100%
1983 206 0.00005948 206 100%
1984 203 0.000058187 203 100%
1985 187 0.000052394 187 100%
1986 206 0.000057913 206 100%
1987 166 0.000046039 166 100%
1988 187 0.000050608 187 100%
1989 175 0.00004552 175 100%
1990 200 0.000050601 200 100%
1991 196 0.000050317 196 100%
1992 187 0.000048682 187 100%
1993 233 0.000061799 233 100%
1994 287 0.000077199 287 100%
1995 342 0.000093388 342 100%
1996 350 0.000095964 350 100%
1997 310 0.0000855 310 100%
1998 339 0.000092164 339 100%
1999 415 0.000112348 415 100%
2000 367 0.000097092 367 100%
2001 416 0.000111129 416 100%
2002 432 0.000115561 432 100%
2003 541 0.000142282 541 100%
2004 511 0.000133737 511 100%
2005 530 0.000137847 530 100%
2006 595 0.000150397 595 100%
2007 584 0.000146085 584 100%
2008 503 0.000127968 503 100%
2009 533 0.000139522 533 100%
2010 550 0.00014882 550 100%
2011 491 0.000134234 491 100%
2012 528 0.000144366 528 100%
2013 542 0.00014867 542 100%
2014 627 0.000169168 627 100%
2015 583 0.000157529 583 100%
2016 602 0.000164091 602 100%
2017 609 0.000170293 609 100%
2018 689 0.000195967 689 100%
2019 657 0.000189286 657 100%
2020 592 0.000177215 592 100%
2021 604 0.000178279 604 100%
2022 672 0.000198632 672 100%
2023 677 0.000204458 677 100%
2024 754 0.000226528 754 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Helena:

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  2. Heleena
  3. Heleina
  4. Helem
  5. Helen
  6. Helena (this page)
  7. Helenann
  8. Helene
  9. Heleni
  10. Helenmae
  11. Helenmarie