Girls' name · peaked in 1914
Helene name popularity since 1925
22,484 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Helene. Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Helene is about 78 years old in 2026. Helene peaked in 1914 as the #231 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,484
- Named Helene, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1914
- #231 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,602 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 22,484 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 4.65× its national share
Peak year is the year Helene made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Helene births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Helene peaked earlier, in 1914.
- Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, Helene's share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 6,170 to 1 in 12,900.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Helene's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Helene.
Decade by decade
Babies named Helene in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,488 | – |
| 1930s | 4,404 | #309 |
| 1940s | 4,933 | #315 |
| 1950s | 4,739 | #398 |
| 1960s | 2,896 | #562 |
| 1970s | 973 | #1,355 |
| 1980s | 565 | #2,263 |
| 1990s | 464 | #2,749 |
| 2000s | 472 | #3,474 |
| 2010s | 340 | #3,727 |
| 2020–25 | 210 | #3,602 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.9% of babies named Helene from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Helene is most popular
The index compares Helene's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Helene.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4.65× | 6,556 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.03× | 2,857 |
| New Jersey | 2.77× | 1,417 |
| Massachusetts | 2.07× | 916 |
| Connecticut | 1.84× | 370 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Helene's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Helene.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Helene (1914).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data