Girls' name · since 1973
Helina
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 535 babies named Helina, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 535
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Helina currently ranks #7603 among girls' names in America, with 535 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Helina recorded 535 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #7603 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #11,363 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,603 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 535 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Helina ranks #11,363 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,603 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 535 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 535
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Helina's 535 recorded births place it above 84.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Helina compares
535 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Helina's all-time total is 42% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Helina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 535 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Helina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Helina splits its recorded history at 2002: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Helina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Helina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (158 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Helina's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Helina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
158 births
- 2010s
2010s
155 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 158 births (30% of all-time use).
How Helina 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 Helina's total volume
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What to do with Helina's data
- Helina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (158 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Helina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Helina 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.