Girls' name · since 1916
Hellena
194 babies named Hellena in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,512 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hellena is the #9512 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 194 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hellena has been recorded 194 times among girls since 1916, currently ranked #9512 nationally and more common than 45% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #20,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,512 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hellena ranks #20,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,512 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 194 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,512 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hellena's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
How Hellena compares
194 36th percentile among 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
Hellena's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hellena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hellena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hellena's full recorded timeline at 1979, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hellena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Hellena by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Hellena's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Hellena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (23% of all-time use).
Hellena by state
Where Hellena concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 3.1% |
6 of 194 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hellena's data
- Massachusetts records the most Hellenas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hellena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Hellena 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.