Girls' name · since 1880
Helene
Helene has 33,334 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,334
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Helene currently ranks #3577 among girls' names in America, with 33,334 babies recorded since 1880.
Helene has 33,334 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3577 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #782 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,577 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 33,334 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helene ranks #782 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,577 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 33,334 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 33,334
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Helene's 33,334 recorded births place it above 98.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Helene compares
33,334 Top 5% higher than 95% of 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
Helene's all-time total is 89x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Helene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33,334 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 728 | 21 | 19,840 |
Helene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Helene's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 27% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 73%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 17 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 728, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Helene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 728
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Helene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5,519 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Helene's strongest decade.
5,519 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Helene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 282
1880s
282 births
- 1890s 807
1890s
807 births
- 1900s 1,367
1900s
1,367 births
- 1910s
1910s
5,363 births
- 1920s
1920s
5,519 births
- 1930s
1930s
4,404 births
- 1940s
1940s
4,933 births
- 1950s
1950s
4,739 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,896 births
- 1970s 973
1970s
973 births
- 1980s 565
1980s
565 births
- 1990s 464
1990s
464 births
- 2000s 472
2000s
472 births
- 2010s 340
2010s
340 births
- 2020s 210
2020s
210 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5,519 births (17% of all-time use).
How Helene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Helene's total volume
Helene by state
Where Helene concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8,150 | 24.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 3,952 | 11.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,918 | 5.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 1,873 | 5.6% |
| #5 | California | | 1,714 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 1,371 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,162 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,011 | 3.0% |
8,150 of 33,334 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Helene appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Helene's data
- Helene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (5,519 total births); usage has since declined to 210 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Helenes (8,150 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Helene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
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, 1880–2025 (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 Helene 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.