Hellen
Hellen was given to 112 girls in 2025, #1,800 among girls’ names; 8,353 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,820 Americans named Hellen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (46% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 10 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hellen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Hellen?
#1,800 among girls’ names, 2025
Hellen rose from #2,328 in 2015 to #1,800 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 44.8 to 69.7 per million.
195 babies in 1924, the peak
Hellen peaked in 1924, when 195 girls were given it, #510 among girls’ names. The 112 births of 2025 are 57% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,800 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 126 | #1,642 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 142 | #1,514 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,162 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,396 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,204 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,077 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,368 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,329 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,134 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 80 | #2,328 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,202 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,579 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,408 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,959 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,331 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,804 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,783 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,376 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,736 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,282 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,582 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,677 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,810 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,884 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,607 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,232 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,539 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,474 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,781 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,391 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,925 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,432 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,419 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,109 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,127 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,725 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,535 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,897 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,037 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,462 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,561 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,467 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,402 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,204 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,892 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,902 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,314 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,109 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,215 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,902 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,473 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,940 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,994 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,407 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,146 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,469 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,502 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,516 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,790 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,266 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,125 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,076 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,050 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,728 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,772 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,852 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,339 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 77 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,166 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 79 | #996 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 96 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 88 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 91 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 89 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 92 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 89 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 97 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 86 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 111 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 122 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 99 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 101 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 116 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 118 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 139 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1931 | 155 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 144 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 148 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 161 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 148 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 166 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 170 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 195 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 178 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 171 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 156 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 175 | #536 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 148 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 152 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 107 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 107 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 109 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 73 | #682 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 56 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 65 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 43 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 56 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 29 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 21 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 33 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 33 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 30 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 24 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 26 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 20 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 18 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 18 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 18 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 17 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 16 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 18 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 18 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 17 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 15 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 14 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 10 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 10 | #896 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 16 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 8 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 12 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 7 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #974 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Hellen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hellen has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 142 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Hellen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hellen, and how old are they?
3,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 46% of the 8,353 Americans ever recorded as Hellen. The median Hellen alive today is 30 years old; half are between 10 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 5,027 people named Hellen (5,000 women and girls, 27 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,780 born in the U.S. The Census count is 33% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 536 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 765 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 304 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 301 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 744 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,160 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hellen born?
The states with the most babies named Hellen are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 698 | #1,491 | 1.3× |
| California | 440 | #1,253 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 381 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 316 | #1,435 | 1.3× |
| South Carolina | 313 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Alabama | 282 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 253 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Arkansas | 235 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Tennessee | 230 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 215 | #2,215 | 0.3× |
Where Hellen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hellen is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hellen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Hellen?
Hellen is a less common spelling of Helen: SSA has recorded 8,353 Hellen and 1,027,307 Helen since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,038,100 babies since 1880, Hellen is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 112 of their 796 babies (14%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hellen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hellen and names like it
- Compare Hellen and HelenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHellen peaked in 1924.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hellen since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Hellen.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hellen alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.