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How popular is “Hellen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hellen” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hellen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hellen” 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
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 100%
1894 17 0.000050193 17 100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 100%
1903 26 0.000068206 26 100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 100%
1905 30 0.000070768 30 100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 100%
1907 33 0.000070908 33 100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 100%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 100%
1910 56 0.000094801 56 100%
1911 43 0.000066741 43 100%
1912 65 0.000065785 65 100%
1913 56 0.000049248 56 100%
1914 73 0.000051541 73 100%
1915 109 0.000059484 109 100%
1916 107 0.000055314 107 100%
1917 107 0.00005332 107 100%
1918 152 0.00007001 152 100%
1919 148 0.000070134 148 100%
1920 175 0.000077343 175 100%
1921 156 0.000066824 156 100%
1922 171 0.0000747 171 100%
1923 178 0.000077308 178 100%
1924 195 0.000081877 195 100%
1925 170 0.000072858 170 100%
1926 166 0.000072303 166 100%
1927 148 0.000063811 148 100%
1928 161 0.000071209 161 100%
1929 148 0.000067513 148 100%
1930 144 0.000064769 144 100%
1931 155 0.000073656 155 100%
1932 139 0.000065836 139 100%
1933 118 0.000059016 118 100%
1934 116 0.000055855 116 100%
1935 101 0.000048328 101 100%
1936 99 0.000047652 99 100%
1937 122 0.000057259 122 100%
1938 111 0.000050168 111 100%
1939 86 0.00003903 86 100%
1940 97 0.000042125 97 100%
1941 89 0.000036529 89 100%
1942 92 0.000033677 92 100%
1943 89 0.000031532 89 100%
1944 91 0.000033828 91 100%
1945 88 0.000033171 88 100%
1946 96 0.000030044 96 100%
1947 79 0.00002193 79 100%
1948 74 0.000021434 74 100%
1949 69 0.0000198 69 100%
1950 63 0.000017983 63 100%
1951 77 0.000020903 77 100%
1952 54 0.000014218 54 100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 100%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 100%
1955 57 0.000014196 57 100%
1956 57 0.000013825 57 100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 100%
1958 39 0.000009434 39 100%
1959 40 0.00000962 40 100%
1960 36 0.000008667 36 100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 100%
1963 33 0.000008337 33 100%
1964 32 0.000008231 32 100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 100%
1972 22 0.000007 22 100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 100%
1995 23 0.00000628 23 100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 100%
1997 33 0.000009102 33 100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 100%
1999 27 0.000007309 27 100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 100%
2002 25 0.000006688 25 100%
2003 38 0.000009994 38 100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 100%
2005 47 0.000012224 47 100%
2006 65 0.00001643 65 100%
2007 80 0.000020012 80 100%
2008 65 0.000016537 65 100%
2009 63 0.000016491 63 100%
2010 49 0.000013259 49 100%
2011 58 0.000015857 58 100%
2012 77 0.000021053 77 100%
2013 69 0.000018927 69 100%
2014 51 0.00001376 51 100%
2015 80 0.000021616 80 100%
2016 91 0.000024804 91 100%
2017 79 0.000022091 79 100%
2018 77 0.000021901 77 100%
2019 91 0.000026218 91 100%
2020 82 0.000024547 82 100%
2021 75 0.000022137 75 100%
2022 88 0.000026011 88 100%
2023 142 0.000042885 142 100%
2024 126 0.000037855 126 100%

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