girls:
666 births since 1893
#5050 (12th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1929
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
671 births since 1893
#7068 (9th percentile)
The name Helon is the #7,068 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 671 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,050 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 666 births since 1893. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1929.
Helon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for girls and 1929 for boys). Birth data for Helon is available in 43 out of the 66 years between 1893 and 1958 (43 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Helon has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Helon reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #579) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 35 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1958.
For boys, Helon reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #531) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1929.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Helon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Helon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.5% confident that Helon is pronounced as HEH-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HEE-luhn, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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