Helane — girls' name

What the Data Says About Helane

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Helane between 1924 and 1966, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Helane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Helane performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Helane shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Helane in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Helane 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 174 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.