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Helene

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,576 for girls

Helene is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).

What does Helene mean?

Greek

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Helene a girl's or a boy's name?

Helene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Helene in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Helene, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.

2025 had more girls named Helene than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Helene in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 17 in 19962025
Helene in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20185#4,204
20175#4,250
20160–
20155#4,294
20143#5,920
20130–
20127#3,471
20115#4,244
20108#2,992
20096#3,603
20084#4,742
20073#5,415
20065#3,724
20057#2,806
20046#2,957
20038#2,320
20024#3,556
20019#1,974
20005#2,907
19997#2,295
19989#1,951
19979#1,927
199617#1,179

How popular is Helene in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,576th among girls
Babies in 2025
42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Helene, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 728 girls.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Helene than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Helene in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 728 in 19182025
Helene in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202542#3,576
202440#3,758
202335#4,112
202230#4,579
202127#4,829
202036#3,914
201932#4,342
201823#5,450
201732#4,383
201634#4,249
201541#3,704
201433#4,348
201341#3,701
201228#4,955
201139#3,842
201037#4,022
200931#4,676
200831#4,760
200748#3,428
200647#3,413
200543#3,457
200454#2,923
2003102#1,822
200240#3,390
200148#2,959
200028#4,286
199939#3,242
199840#3,113
199738#3,102
199646#2,668
199544#2,730
199446#2,656
199351#2,446
199248#2,571
199160#2,183
199052#2,369
198958#2,114
198848#2,290
198754#2,043
198645#2,264
198545#2,252
198456#1,886
198356#1,857
198249#2,082
198179#1,515
198075#1,552
197980#1,482
197867#1,598
197779#1,414
197690#1,244
197579#1,350
1974100#1,151
1973112#1,038
1972108#1,065
1971123#1,010
1970135#940
1969155#826
1968157#804
1967185#720
1966242#611
1965286#562
1964342#532
1963368#509
1962345#525
1961384#495
1960432#467
1959454#454
1958479#430
1957453#441
1956451#432
1955483#397
1954461#402
1953454#398
1952502#368
1951494#359
1950508#348
1949512#342
1948522#340
1947581#325
1946530#323
1945458#315
1944456#316
1943462#328
1942533#295
1941450#305
1940429#302
1939416#301
1938444#300
1937453#291
1936445#288
1935400#309
1934397#313
1933405#307
1932455#294
1931439#305
1930550#272
1929483#299
1928506#295
1927500#298
1926511#297
1925488#300
1924544#282
1923570#270
1922613#262
1921624#264
1920680#252
1919664#249
1918728#235
1917721#230
1916718#227
1915682#231
1914538#230
1913425#234
1912378#232
1911283#232
1910226#255
1909176#271
1908138#302
1907160#275
1906149#274
1905146#273
1904121#292
1903123#282
190294#321
1901122#265
1900138#277
189989#316
189898#317
1897108#273
1896100#291
189587#312
189478#313
189368#324
189254#360
189168#302
189057#337
188944#362
188839#387
188731#390
188633#371
188528#386
188426#391
188324#375
188220#407
188120#374
188017#403

Names like Helene

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alice, Charlotte, Georgia, Florence, Sophie, Harriet, Hattie, Grace, Elsie, Lottie, Catherine, Georgie

Names related to Helene

Helena, Helen, Helin, Hellen, Helaena

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Zoe, Iris

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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, “Helene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/helene, updated 20 October 2026.