Helen remains a common girls' name (#461 in 2025), down from a peak of #2 in 1900.
Helen is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #462 for girl births in the United States (and #936 across all names), given to 668 babies. Helen was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (36,148 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 668 | 668 | #462 | — |
| 2024 | 728 | 728 | #425 | — |
| 2023 | 777 | 777 | #395 | — |
| 2022 | 749 | 749 | #422 | — |
| 2021 | 704 | 704 | #444 | — |
| 2020 | 721 | 721 | #426 | — |
| 2019 | 743 | 743 | #429 | — |
| 2018 | 745 | 745 | #415 | — |
| 2017 | 764 | 764 | #418 | — |
| 2016 | 816 | 816 | #409 | — |
| 2015 | 767 | 767 | #419 | — |
| 2014 | 802 | 802 | #403 | — |
| 2013 | 740 | 740 | #411 | — |
| 2012 | 772 | 772 | #403 | — |
| 2011 | 731 | 731 | #429 | — |
| 2010 | 705 | 705 | #436 | — |
| 2009 | 826 | 826 | #388 | — |
| 2008 | 885 | 885 | #368 | — |
| 2007 | 932 | 932 | #349 | — |
| 2006 | 949 | 949 | #348 | — |
| 2005 | 961 | 966 | #333 | — |
| 2004 | 866 | 866 | #364 | #12,004 |
| 2003 | 783 | 783 | #392 | — |
| 2002 | 875 | 880 | #341 | — |
| 2001 | 884 | 884 | #344 | — |
| 2000 | 891 | 891 | #345 | — |
| 1999 | 841 | 846 | #356 | — |
| 1998 | 832 | 838 | #349 | — |
| 1997 | 812 | — | #346 | — |
| 1996 | 900 | — | #312 | — |
| 1995 | 837 | — | #325 | — |
| 1994 | 854 | — | #321 | #9,351 |
| 1993 | 872 | — | #307 | #9,258 |
| 1992 | 828 | — | #326 | — |
| 1991 | 779 | — | #340 | #8,689 |
| 1990 | 870 | — | #317 | #6,702 |
| 1989 | 868 | — | #305 | #4,960 |
| 1988 | 781 | — | #321 | #6,022 |
| 1987 | 816 | — | #297 | — |
| 1986 | 772 | — | #312 | #6,233 |
| 1985 | 814 | — | #301 | #6,066 |
| 1984 | 865 | — | #281 | #5,181 |
| 1983 | 844 | — | #278 | — |
| 1982 | 876 | — | #279 | — |
| 1981 | 899 | — | #275 | — |
| 1980 | 914 | — | #272 | — |
| 1979 | 884 | — | #278 | #6,428 |
| 1978 | 930 | — | #255 | #6,169 |
| 1977 | 1,000 | — | #249 | #5,389 |
| 1976 | 952 | — | #250 | #3,836 |
| 1975 | 1,065 | — | #229 | #5,043 |
| 1974 | 1,147 | — | #225 | #4,340 |
| 1973 | 1,137 | — | #221 | — |
| 1972 | 1,250 | — | #225 | #3,451 |
| 1971 | 1,449 | — | #209 | #3,479 |
| 1970 | 1,727 | — | #191 | #3,373 |
| 1969 | 1,868 | — | #175 | #2,942 |
| 1968 | 1,896 | — | #173 | #2,494 |
| 1967 | 2,165 | — | #158 | #3,091 |
| 1966 | 2,452 | — | #144 | #4,186 |
| 1965 | 2,814 | — | #137 | #2,213 |
| 1964 | 3,109 | — | #132 | #2,942 |
| 1963 | 3,347 | — | #124 | #2,931 |
| 1962 | 3,602 | — | #128 | #2,075 |
| 1961 | 3,870 | — | #119 | #2,467 |
| 1960 | 4,081 | — | #117 | #2,757 |
| 1959 | 4,390 | — | #108 | #2,152 |
| 1958 | 4,792 | — | #100 | #1,796 |
| 1957 | 5,033 | — | #95 | #2,227 |
| 1956 | 5,295 | — | #90 | #1,970 |
| 1955 | 5,611 | — | #78 | #1,814 |
| 1954 | 5,961 | — | #72 | #2,152 |
| 1953 | 6,143 | — | #65 | #1,734 |
| 1952 | 6,481 | — | #63 | #1,894 |
| 1951 | 6,963 | — | #54 | #2,091 |
| 1950 | 7,080 | — | #50 | #1,717 |
| 1949 | 7,734 | — | #46 | #1,417 |
| 1948 | 8,323 | — | #40 | #1,579 |
| 1947 | 9,003 | — | #38 | #1,536 |
| 1946 | 8,885 | — | #36 | #1,224 |
| 1945 | 8,331 | — | #31 | #1,212 |
| 1944 | 8,732 | — | #31 | #1,115 |
| 1943 | 9,838 | — | #28 | #1,116 |
| 1942 | 10,053 | — | #26 | #1,127 |
| 1941 | 9,936 | — | #24 | #911 |
| 1940 | 10,241 | — | #18 | #1,054 |
| 1939 | 10,465 | — | #16 | #939 |
| 1938 | 10,902 | — | #13 | #759 |
| 1937 | 11,519 | — | #12 | #753 |
| 1936 | 12,286 | — | #11 | #848 |
| 1935 | 12,852 | — | #10 | #754 |
| 1934 | 14,149 | — | #9 | #904 |
| 1933 | 14,726 | — | #8 | #640 |
| 1932 | 16,465 | — | #8 | #639 |
| 1931 | 17,731 | — | #6 | #766 |
| 1930 | 19,996 | — | #4 | #687 |
| 1929 | 21,060 | — | #4 | #709 |
| 1928 | 23,025 | — | #4 | #672 |
| 1927 | 25,408 | — | #4 | #664 |
| 1926 | 26,960 | — | #4 | #746 |
| 1925 | 29,253 | — | #4 | #725 |
| 1924 | 31,273 | — | #3 | #749 |
| 1923 | 31,548 | — | #3 | #864 |
| 1922 | 32,577 | — | #3 | #835 |
| 1921 | 34,888 | — | #3 | #852 |
| 1920 | 35,160 | — | #3 | #856 |
| 1919 | 33,766 | — | #2 | #854 |
| 1918 | 36,228 | — | #2 | #706 |
| 1917 | 34,312 | — | #2 | #813 |
| 1916 | 32,744 | — | #2 | #643 |
| 1915 | 30,926 | — | #2 | #779 |
| 1914 | 23,275 | — | #2 | #707 |
| 1913 | 18,939 | — | #2 | #623 |
| 1912 | 16,171 | — | #2 | #696 |
| 1911 | 11,847 | — | #2 | #429 |
| 1910 | 10,509 | — | #2 | #517 |
| 1909 | 9,286 | — | #2 | #412 |
| 1908 | 8,469 | — | #2 | #442 |
| 1907 | 7,599 | — | #2 | #548 |
| 1906 | 7,202 | — | #2 | #433 |
| 1905 | 6,837 | — | #2 | #426 |
| 1904 | 6,503 | — | #2 | #597 |
| 1903 | 6,158 | — | #2 | #357 |
| 1902 | 5,997 | — | #2 | #361 |
| 1901 | 5,264 | — | #2 | #478 |
| 1900 | 6,360 | — | #2 | #591 |
| 1899 | 5,064 | — | #3 | #491 |
| 1898 | 5,247 | — | #3 | #513 |
| 1897 | 4,535 | — | #3 | #505 |
| 1896 | 4,402 | — | #3 | #749 |
| 1895 | 4,040 | — | #3 | #496 |
| 1894 | 3,684 | — | #4 | #817 |
| 1893 | 3,257 | — | #6 | #794 |
| 1892 | 2,943 | — | #9 | #900 |
| 1891 | 2,426 | — | #9 | #666 |
| 1890 | 2,319 | — | #12 | #844 |
| 1889 | 1,917 | — | #17 | #746 |
| 1888 | 1,852 | — | #16 | #1,101 |
| 1887 | 1,405 | — | #21 | — |
| 1886 | 1,267 | — | #25 | — |
| 1885 | 1,140 | — | #28 | #874 |
| 1884 | 986 | — | #33 | — |
| 1883 | 867 | — | #35 | #962 |
| 1882 | 838 | — | #31 | — |
| 1881 | 619 | — | #43 | #743 |
| 1880 | 636 | — | #35 | — |