first name
HELLEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,027 people named Hellen, 36.3% reported their origin as White, 31.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hellen peaked in 1924, when 195 babies got the name.
At least 8,353 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.
Hellen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,012. The largest share of babies named Hellen, 30%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Hellen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hellen has been most common in Arkansas (4.8×), South Carolina (4.7×), and Mississippi (4.4×), and least common in Illinois (0.18×).
4,508 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 Hellen
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hellen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hellen ranks #37,317 of 156,621, with 642 people. See Hellen as a last name
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