How Many People Are Named Hellen?
people named Hellen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 87,862 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,353 babies named Hellen in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
195 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of HELEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Hellen in English. Counting Hellen and these spellings together, about 213,660 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hellen in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hellen alive today is about 40 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hellen first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1924, to 195 babies. In 2025, 112 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hellen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #510, in 1924. In 2025 it ranked #1,800.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,800 |
| Best rank | #510 (1924) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #551 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hellen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hellen were born in California than in any other state: about 423 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hellen was given 3.8 times as often in South Carolina, 3.5 times in Arkansas and 3.3 times in Mississippi.
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