How Many People Are Named Helena?
people named Helena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,549 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,412 babies named Helena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
841 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latvian form of HELEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Helena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Helena alive today is about 30 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Helena first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 841 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Helena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #194, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #363.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #363 |
| Best rank | #194 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #530 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Helena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Helena were born in California than in any other state: about 3,619 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Helena was given 2.6 times as often in Massachusetts, 1.7 times in Maryland and 1.7 times in New Jersey.
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