Total births
11
Girls' name · since 2024
Helani
11 babies named Helani in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17526
- among girls today
- 11
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 1%
- more common than other girls
Helani currently ranks #17526 among girls' names in America, with 11 babies recorded since 2024.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helani has been recorded 11 times among girls since 2024, currently ranked #17526 nationally and more common than 1% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2024 to 2025.
- #17526 among girls today
- 11 born since 2024
- 2020s peak decade
- 1% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Helani is currently the #17526 girls' name in America, more common than 1% of girls - 11 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17526
- among girls today
- 11
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 1%
- more common than other girls
Helani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#17526
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 1% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Helani was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
6 babies were named Helani in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Helani compares
11 3th percentile among 17,726 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
Helani's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Helani | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 48 | 19,840 |
Helani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Helani's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Helani at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#17,526
Active since
2024
Helani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Helani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Helani's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Helani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Helani? ▼
Since 2024, Social Security records show 11 babies named Helani. Today it holds rank #17526 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 6 births.
When was Helani most popular? ▼
Helani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Helani been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Helani since 2024 -- 2 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Helani? ▼
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.
Keep exploring Helani
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2024–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Helani: #17526 Girls' Name - 11 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/helani. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Helani 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 June 2026.