Helaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- heh-LAY-nah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Helaina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “possibly torch, light”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Helaina mean?
Greek: variant of Helena
“possibly torch, light”
A spelling of Helena, the Latin form of Greek Helen, borne by Saint Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine.
Is Helaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Helaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Helaina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Helaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Helaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Helaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Helaina, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer girls named Helaina than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Helaina in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were given Helaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,492, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Helaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
Nicknames for Helaina
Names like Helaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Halima Amira Hafsa Sienna Safa Khadija Ayla Hiba Layla Francesca Athena Sophia
Other spellings of Helaina
Names related to Helaina
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Helaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/helaina, updated 20 October 2026.