Helaena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- heh-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Helaena is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Helaena mean?
Greek: spelling of Helena, used by George R. R. Martin
Helaena Targaryen is a princess in George R. R. Martin's Fire and Blood and the TV series House of the Dragon.
Is Helaena a girl's or a boy's name?
Helaena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Helaena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Helaena, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Helaena of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Helaena in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were given Helaena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,492, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
Helaena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Nicknames for Helaena
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Helaena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Helena Cora Lena Louisa Lydia Nora Matilda Leona Eliza Clara Elara Estella
Other spellings of Helaena
Names related to Helaena
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Helaena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/helaena, updated 20 October 2026.