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Helena Name Popularity

How popular is the name Helena? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 104 0.0295%
1911 — 107 0.0287%
1912 — 168 0.0333%
1913 — 180 0.0317%
1914 — 270 0.0387%
1915 — 355 0.0391%
1916 — 362 0.0375%
1917 — 397 0.0397%
1918 — 451 0.042%
1919 — 404 0.0386%
1920 — 335 0.0301%
1921 — 342 0.0299%
1922 — 306 0.0275%
1923 — 319 0.0285%
1924 — 330 0.0284%
1925 — 296 0.0262%
1926 — 204 0.0185%
1927 — 235 0.0212%
1928 — 230 0.0215%
1929 — 211 0.0204%
1930 — 179 0.0171%
1931 — 193 0.0196%
1932 — 165 0.0167%
1933 — 137 0.0147%
1934 — 142 0.0147%
1935 — 134 0.0138%
1936 — 123 0.0128%
1937 — 143 0.0145%
1938 — 111 0.0108%
1939 — 124 0.0122%
1940 — 138 0.013%
1941 — 138 0.0123%
1942 — 174 0.0138%
1943 — 162 0.0124%
1944 — 127 0.0102%
1945 — 138 0.0113%
1946 — 170 0.0115%
1947 — 167 0.01%
1948 — 164 0.0103%
1949 — 182 0.0113%
1950 — 170 0.0106%
1951 — 190 0.0112%
1952 — 167 0.0096%
1953 — 177 0.01%
1954 — 181 0.0099%
1955 — 156 0.0085%
1956 — 176 0.0093%
1957 — 217 0.0113%
1958 — 187 0.0099%
1959 — 214 0.0113%
1960 — 176 0.0093%
1961 — 184 0.0097%
1962 — 199 0.0108%
1963 — 224 0.0125%
1964 — 263 0.0149%
1965 — 208 0.0127%
1966 — 178 0.0114%
1967 — 149 0.0098%
1968 — 130 0.0087%
1969 — 149 0.0097%
1970 — 143 0.009%
1971 — 146 0.0097%
1972 — 148 0.0109%
1973 — 135 0.0104%
1974 — 153 0.0118%
1975 — 152 0.0118%
1976 — 130 0.0101%
1977 — 148 0.011%
1978 — 167 0.0124%
1979 — 188 0.0133%
1980 — 160 0.0109%
1981 — 169 0.0115%
1982 — 178 0.0119%
1983 — 147 0.01%
1984 — 139 0.0093%
1985 — 119 0.0078%
1986 — 152 0.0101%
1987 — 105 0.0069%
1988 — 132 0.0085%
1989 — 111 0.0069%
1990 — 147 0.0089%
1991 — 142 0.0087%
1992 — 133 0.0083%
1993 — 157 0.0101%
1994 — 237 0.0154%
1995 — 287 0.019%
1996 — 300 0.02%
1997 — 259 0.0175%
1998 — 287 0.0192%
1999 — 370 0.0247%
2000 — 323 0.0211%
2001 — 361 0.024%
2002 — 378 0.0252%
2003 — 496 0.0326%
2004 — 473 0.031%
2005 — 483 0.0316%
2006 — 562 0.0359%
2007 — 560 0.0355%
2008 — 451 0.0292%
2009 — 510 0.0341%
2010 — 503 0.0349%
2011 — 449 0.0315%
2012 — 479 0.0336%
2013 — 475 0.0334%
2014 — 582 0.0399%
2015 — 531 0.0365%
2016 — 556 0.0386%
2017 — 559 0.0401%
2018 — 639 0.0465%
2019 — 624 0.0461%
2020 — 547 0.043%
2021 — 530 0.0434%
2022 — 623 0.0472%
2023 — 635 0.0491%

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Names Like Helena

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What names sound like Helena?

If you like how Helena sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Helena.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Helana

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Heleena

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Helene

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Helenna

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

Hellena

Sun ray, shining light

Greek

What names are similar to Helena?

Find a name that’s like Helena, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Celena

The moon

Greek

Delena

From the alder grove

French

Selena

Moon

Spanish

Yelena

Sun ray, shining light

Russian

Lists With Helena

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Siblings of Helena

Mamas with kids named Helena also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Franklin

Free landholder

English

Otto

Wealth

German

Theodore

God's gift

Greek

George

Farmer

Greek

Elianna

God has answered

Hebrew

Merry

Joyful, lighthearted

English

13 Comments

  1. Helena is named after her paternal grandmother. Luckily I love the name. Of course she is super cute, strong and adorable

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  2. Three Generations of passing down the name!

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  3. I’m so glad so many people like my name, I’ve always loved it. Hope youe life is going somewhat ok <3

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  4. We named our daughter Helena after my husband’s beloved grandmother who passed away last year. The meaning of the name is also significant to me. She was a “shining light” of hope for me, as I became pregnant with her very shortly after having a second trimester miscarriage.

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  5. My husband & I named her Helena because I was passing my name down since my mom passed her name to me. Also, we passed her grandma’s first name down to her as her middle name, Joleen. She is Helena Joleen or Helena Jo! All mothers names passed down.

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  6. My name is Helena, pronounced: Hell-in-a, like helen, with an a. I always loved my name but got so many different variations of pronunciation, it was frustrating growing up. Most people compliment the name, either of the three possible pronunciations: He Lee Na, Hell in a, or He Lay na. My maternal gramother was Helen, and Paternal grama was Lena, so mom was creative and said, combine them! Here i am!

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  7. It is my grandmother name

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  8. My mum was named Helen and although I wasn’t a fan when we found out we were pregnant I wanted to name our little girl after my mum after some research we came across the name Helena pronounced Hell- ena it is a beautiful name and suits our little one

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  9. I name my baby girl helena just because i love the name with good meaning

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  10. We named our fourth daughter Helena. ( Ha-lay-na ) we thought about changing the spelling for pronunciation purposes, but ultimately loved the simplicity and classic spelling, so keeps it. I think it works great with her sisters, Evangeline, Felicity and Adelaide.

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  11. We heard this recently (pronounced Ha lay na) and love! Beautiful!

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  12. My husband and I both had Grandmothers named Helen. After we found out we were pregnant, we took numerous trips around Washington state and at one point we visited the beautiful Mt St Helens.
    I had planned on the name Ahnika (was introduced in a dream pre-pregnancy!) but when she was born, she didn’t seem like an Ahnika. She was larger than I expected and had a strong, serious presence. Helena sounds like a strong beautiful name and it means light or bright light. My husband agreed! The only downside to the name is people pronouncing it differently than we intended. I love that it is relatively unique.

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  13. Pronounced Ha-lee-nah we love this names beautiful flow! We named our daughter Helena after her great great aunt and great grandmother. We often shorten it to Lena (Lee-nah). We love how unique and different this name is…a true classic and beautiful name for your daughter!

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