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Helen
Pronounced /ˈhɛlən/
Rank in 2024
#424
Born in 2024
726
Peak year
1918 · #2
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 726 girls were named Helen, about 1 in every 2,222.
- It peaked in 1918 with 36,148 babies, ranked #2.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,023,527 girls have been named Helen since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Helen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 27.3Greatest1901–27
- 11.7Silent1928–45
- 3.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 557,724 babies, 27.25 per 1,000. Silent: 241,247 babies, 11.67 per 1,000. Boomers: 109,370 babies, 3.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 23,534 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Millennials: 13,421 babies, 0.48 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,539 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,052 babies, 0.45 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Hélène, from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Elaine.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈhɛlən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Helen, CC BY-SA 4.0.