girls:
8.1k births since 1883
#1810 (68th percentile)
overall:
8.1k births since 1883
#3005 (61st percentile)
The name Hellen is the #3,005 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,114 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 61.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,810 (68.3% percentile) for all time with 8,114 births since 1883.
Hellen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for girls in 1883). Birth data for Hellen is available in 140 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Hellen reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 29.4% percentile (ranked #431) with 151 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 151 births per million (ranked 29.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hellen ranks #810 for girls (14.5% percentile) with 81 births per million, which is 53.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hellen".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Hellen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Hellen is pronounced as HEH-luhn, which has 2 syllables.
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