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Helena
Pronounced /ˈhɛlənə/
Rank in 2024
#414
Born in 2024
754
Peak year
2024 · #414
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 754 girls were named Helena, about 1 in every 2,140.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 39,561 girls have been named Helena since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Helena per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.4Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 7,209 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Silent: 3,739 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,437 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,298 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,591 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,645 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,608 babies, 0.37 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A Latinate form of Helen, borrowed from Latin Helena.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn female given name Гелена (Helena), equivalent to Helen.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈhɛlənə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Helena, CC BY-SA 4.0.