Helana — girls' name
560 babies named Helana in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Helana was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Helana in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Helana
The Social Security Administration has registered 560 babies named Helana between 1947 and 2023, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Helana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Helana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Helana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Helana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 560 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Helana at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Helana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1947
- Peak year (2006)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
560 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 25 births in a single year.
Helana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 176 births that decade — 31% of Helana's all-time total
Helana decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Helana's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.