Helon — girls' name

What the Data Says About Helon

The Social Security Administration has registered 666 babies named Helon between 1893 and 1958, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Helon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Helon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Helon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Helon in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Helon 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 666 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.