Hela
Girl · HEH-la · Greek
Hela is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Hela mean?
Greek: Polish and Estonian pet form of Helena
Hela is also the Marvel Comics goddess of death, based on Hel of Norse myth.
- Say it
- HEH-la
Is Hela a girl's or a boy's name?
Hela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 183% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hela, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Hela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Hela, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Hela in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Hela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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