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Girl's name · #363 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Helena was #194 in 1881, slipped to #1007 by 1992, and has climbed back to #363 today. About 40,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
See where Helena is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Helena is especially popular in Brazil.
#1 in Brazil (2025) · #14 in Poland (2025) · #23 in Austria (2025) · #81 in Switzerland (2025) · #93 in Spain (2024) · #95 in Belgium (2025) · #97 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #130 in Slovenia (2025) · #152 in Mexico (2024) · #169 in Ireland (2025) · #173 in Norway (2025) · #202 in Netherlands (2025) and 7 more.
Among 2,854 notable people named Helena:
Medical professionals appear 1.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Helena Kagan, Israeli pediatrician (1889–1978).
About 1,200 girls a year are given Lena as their full name.
Similar names: Helen · Lena · Eliza · Selena · Ophelia · Johanna
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