first name
HELENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 31,617 people named Helena, 60.3% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 12% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Helena peaked in 2025, when 841 babies got the name.
At least 40,412 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Helena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #390. The largest share of babies named Helena, 20.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Helena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Helena has been most common in Massachusetts (2.5×), New Jersey (1.7×), and Maryland (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.13×).
31,510 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Helena
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Helena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Helena ranks #55,761 of 156,621, with 397 people. See Helena as a last name
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