Hellen
Girl · HEL-en · Greek
Hellen is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “possibly torch”. In 2025 it ranked 1,796th for girls in the US (112 babies).
What does Hellen mean?
Greek: spelling of Helen
“possibly torch”
Helen of Troy, whose abduction sparked the Trojan War, was called the most beautiful woman in the world.
- Say it
- HEL-en
Is Hellen a girl's or a boy's name?
Hellen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 112 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hellen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,796among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 112about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were named Hellen, making it the 1,796th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,196th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 195 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Hellen in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 780 girls in the US were given Hellen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #423, up from #1,796 for this spelling alone.
- Helen 668
- Hellen 112
Hellen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,796 |
| 2024 | 126 | #1,637 |
| 2023 | 142 | #1,514 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,196 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,129 |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,318 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,108 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,060 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,035 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,719 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,841 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,377 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,333 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,408 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,275 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 77 | #1,056 |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,160 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,076 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,014 |
| 1947 | 79 | #991 |
| 1946 | 96 | #842 |
| 1945 | 88 | #803 |
| 1944 | 91 | #801 |
| 1943 | 89 | #824 |
| 1942 | 92 | #794 |
| 1941 | 89 | #756 |
| 1940 | 97 | #706 |
| 1939 | 86 | #735 |
| 1938 | 111 | #650 |
| 1937 | 122 | #609 |
| 1936 | 99 | #662 |
| 1935 | 101 | #654 |
| 1934 | 116 | #612 |
| 1933 | 118 | #594 |
| 1932 | 139 | #552 |
| 1931 | 155 | #530 |
| 1930 | 144 | #566 |
| 1929 | 148 | #561 |
| 1928 | 161 | #549 |
| 1927 | 148 | #581 |
| 1926 | 166 | #544 |
| 1925 | 170 | #550 |
| 1924 | 195 | #508 |
| 1923 | 178 | #530 |
| 1922 | 171 | #542 |
| 1921 | 156 | #576 |
| 1920 | 175 | #536 |
| 1919 | 148 | #566 |
| 1918 | 152 | #578 |
| 1917 | 107 | #657 |
| 1916 | 107 | #659 |
| 1915 | 109 | #629 |
| 1914 | 73 | #681 |
| 1913 | 56 | #694 |
| 1912 | 65 | #608 |
| 1911 | 43 | #659 |
| 1910 | 56 | #543 |
| 1909 | 29 | #747 |
| 1908 | 21 | #849 |
| 1907 | 33 | #649 |
| 1906 | 33 | #622 |
| 1905 | 30 | #642 |
| 1904 | 24 | #710 |
| 1903 | 26 | #654 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 18 | #771 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 17 | #821 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 |
| 1895 | 18 | #746 |
| 1894 | 17 | #719 |
| 1893 | 15 | #767 |
| 1892 | 14 | #796 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 16 | #641 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Nicknames for Hellen
- Nell 114 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Hellen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Hellen
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