How Many People Are Named Helene?
people named Helene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 25,634 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,334 babies named Helene in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
728 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of HELEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Helene in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Helene alive today is about 64 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Helene first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 728 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Helene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #227, in 1916. In 2025 it ranked #3,601.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,601 |
| Best rank | #227 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #281 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Helene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Helene were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,783 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Helene was given 3.5 times as often in New York, 2.6 times in Hawaii and 2.6 times in New Jersey.
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