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How popular is “Helene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Helene” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Helene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Helene” 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 17 0.000084374 17 100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 100%
1883 24 0.000110627 24 100%
1884 26 0.000106793 26 100%
1885 28 0.000116253 28 100%
1886 33 0.000129252 33 100%
1887 31 0.000125307 31 100%
1888 39 0.000130228 39 100%
1889 44 0.000152278 44 100%
1890 57 0.000189117 57 100%
1891 68 0.000237204 68 100%
1892 54 0.000161496 54 100%
1893 68 0.000209087 68 100%
1894 78 0.000230299 78 100%
1895 87 0.000247849 87 100%
1896 100 0.000279733 100 100%
1897 108 0.000311278 108 100%
1898 98 0.000256911 98 100%
1899 89 0.000262356 89 100%
1900 138 0.000306491 138 100%
1901 122 0.000352793 122 100%
1902 94 0.000243062 94 100%
1903 123 0.000322665 123 100%
1904 121 0.000299887 121 100%
1905 146 0.000344403 146 100%
1906 149 0.000347764 149 100%
1907 160 0.000343798 160 100%
1908 138 0.000282411 138 100%
1909 176 0.000344272 176 100%
1910 226 0.00038259 226 100%
1911 283 0.000439251 283 100%
1912 378 0.000382567 378 100%
1913 425 0.000373755 425 100%
1914 538 0.000379851 538 100%
1915 682 0.000372184 682 100%
1916 718 0.000371171 718 100%
1917 721 0.000359287 721 100%
1918 728 0.000335312 728 100%
1919 664 0.000314655 664 100%
1920 680 0.000300533 680 100%
1921 624 0.000267294 624 100%
1922 613 0.000267784 613 100%
1923 570 0.000247559 570 100%
1924 544 0.000228417 544 100%
1925 488 0.000209146 488 100%
1926 511 0.00022257 511 100%
1927 500 0.000215577 500 100%
1928 506 0.000223801 506 100%
1929 483 0.000220331 483 100%
1930 550 0.000247381 550 100%
1931 439 0.000208612 439 100%
1932 455 0.000215508 455 100%
1933 405 0.000202556 405 100%
1934 397 0.000191158 397 100%
1935 400 0.000191397 400 100%
1936 445 0.000214192 445 100%
1937 453 0.000212609 453 100%
1938 444 0.000200671 444 100%
1939 416 0.000188796 416 100%
1940 429 0.000186304 429 100%
1941 450 0.000184697 450 100%
1942 533 0.000195108 533 100%
1943 462 0.000163681 462 100%
1944 456 0.000169512 456 100%
1945 458 0.000172641 458 100%
1946 530 0.000165868 530 100%
1947 581 0.000161285 581 100%
1948 522 0.000151194 522 100%
1949 512 0.000146925 512 100%
1950 508 0.000145004 508 100%
1951 494 0.000134103 494 100%
1952 502 0.000132175 502 100%
1953 454 0.000117811 454 100%
1954 461 0.000115809 461 100%
1955 483 0.000120296 483 100%
1956 451 0.000109385 451 100%
1957 453 0.000107802 453 100%
1958 478 0.000115629 478 100%
1959 454 0.000109187 454 100%
1960 432 0.000104001 432 100%
1961 384 0.000092702 384 100%
1962 345 0.000085494 345 100%
1963 368 0.000092972 368 100%
1964 342 0.000087972 342 100%
1965 286 0.000078887 286 100%
1966 242 0.000069627 242 100%
1967 185 0.000054494 185 100%
1968 157 0.000046472 157 100%
1969 155 0.0000446 155 100%
1970 135 0.000037432 135 100%
1971 123 0.000035835 123 100%
1972 108 0.000034362 108 100%
1973 112 0.000037124 112 100%
1974 99 0.000032566 99 100%
1975 79 0.000026164 79 100%
1976 90 0.000029661 90 100%
1977 79 0.00002487 79 100%
1978 67 0.00002111 67 100%
1979 80 0.000024046 80 100%
1980 75 0.000021774 75 100%
1981 79 0.000022836 79 100%
1982 49 0.000013968 49 100%
1983 56 0.000016169 56 100%
1984 56 0.000016052 56 100%
1985 45 0.000012608 45 100%
1986 46 0.000012932 46 100%
1987 54 0.000014977 54 100%
1988 48 0.00001299 48 100%
1989 59 0.000015347 59 100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 100%
1991 60 0.000015403 60 100%
1992 48 0.000012496 48 100%
1993 51 0.000013527 51 100%
1994 46 0.000012373 46 100%
1995 44 0.000012015 44 100%
1996 46 0.000012612 46 100%
1997 38 0.000010481 38 100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 100%
1999 39 0.000010558 39 100%
2000 28 0.000007408 28 100%
2001 48 0.000012823 48 100%
2002 40 0.0000107 40 100%
2003 102 0.000026826 102 100%
2004 54 0.000014133 54 100%
2005 43 0.000011184 43 100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 100%
2007 48 0.000012007 48 100%
2008 31 0.000007887 31 100%
2009 31 0.000008115 31 100%
2010 37 0.000010012 37 100%
2011 39 0.000010662 39 100%
2012 28 0.000007656 28 100%
2013 41 0.000011246 41 100%
2014 33 0.000008904 33 100%
2015 41 0.000011078 41 100%
2016 33 0.000008995 33 100%
2017 32 0.000008948 32 100%
2018 23 0.000006542 23 100%
2019 32 0.000009219 32 100%
2020 36 0.000010777 36 100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 100%
2022 30 0.000008868 30 100%
2023 35 0.00001057 35 100%
2024 40 0.000012017 40 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Helene:

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