Helayne — girls' name
168 babies named Helayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Helayne was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Helayne in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Helayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Helayne between 1947 and 1966, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Helayne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Helayne performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Helayne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Helayne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Helayne 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 168 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.
Helayne at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Helayne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1947
- Peak year (1954)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
168 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 24 births in a single year.
Helayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 108 births that decade — 64% of Helayne's all-time total
Helayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Helayne's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Helayne by state
Where Helayne concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 38 | 22.6% |
38 of 168 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 22.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 22.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1947–1966 (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.