Hellen — #1632 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hellen

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,240 babies named Hellen between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hellen currently holds the #1632 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 195 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hellen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,668 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hellen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 682 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Hellen in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hellen 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 8,240 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.