Girls' name · since 2003

Helaena

77 babies named Helaena in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,037 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#4,529 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
77
born since 2003
2020s
peak decade

Helaena currently ranks #4529 among girls' names in America, with 77 babies recorded since 2003.

Social Security Administration records show Helaena recorded 77 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #4529 nationally today, ahead of 74% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #30,037 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #4,529 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 77 born since 2003
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helaena ranks #30,037 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,529 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 77 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.

#30,037 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#4,529 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
77
born since 2003
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%73.8%
Helaena vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Helaena's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Helaena compares

77 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Helaena's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Helaena Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 77 376 567,345
Peak-year births 31 21 19,840

Helaena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Helaena splits its recorded history at 2023: 78% of all births land in the more recent half, 22% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Helaena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
31
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
010203040 200320112022202320242025 31

Helaena by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 86% of the file).

2020s was Helaena's strongest decade.

66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.

Helaena births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (86% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Helaena by state

Where Helaena concentrates geographically, total births since 2003

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Helaena
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
11 14.3%
Texas share of Helaena's total US births 14.3%

11 of 77 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Helaena?
Helaena has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 2003, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #30,037 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #4,529 of 17,297. 31 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Helaena sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helaena ranks #30,037 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,529 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Helaena most popular?
Helaena was most popular in the 2020s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Helaena most popular?
The top states for the name Helaena are Texas (11 births).
How long has the name Helaena been used?
Helaena has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 23 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Helaena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Helen, Helena, Helene, Hellen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Helaena's data

  • Texas records the most Helaenas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Helaena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Helaena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.