Hellena — #13544 US girls' name
184 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.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Hellena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Hellena in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hellena
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Hellena between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hellena currently holds the #13544 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hellena performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Hellena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hellena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hellena 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 184 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.
Hellena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hellena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #13544 among girls.
184 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 13 births in a single year.
Hellena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 35 births that decade — 19% of Hellena's all-time total
Hellena decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Hellena's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% 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 | 3.3% |
6 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.