Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Helen

#12 most common girls' name of all time · #40 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#12
Rank overall
#40 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,027,307
Since 2016
7,415
Peak year
1918 #2
Best rank
#2 1900
Girls Boys peak 36,228/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Helen is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 668 — 668 #461
2024 728 — 728 #425
2023 777 — 777 #395
2022 749 — 749 #422
2021 704 — 704 #443
2020 721 — 721 #426
2019 743 — 743 #428
2018 745 — 745 #415
2017 764 — 764 #418
2016 816 — 816 #409
2015 767 — 767 #419
2014 802 — 802 #403
2013 740 — 740 #411
2012 772 — 772 #403
2011 731 — 731 #429
2010 705 — 705 #436
2009 826 — 826 #388
2008 885 — 885 #368
2007 932 — 932 #349
2006 949 — 949 #348
2005 961 — 961 #333
2004 861 5 866 #364
2003 783 — 783 #392
2002 875 — 875 #341
2001 884 — 884 #344
2000 891 — 891 #345
1999 841 — 841 #356
1998 832 — 832 #348
1997 812 — 812 #345
1996 900 — 900 #312
1995 837 — 837 #325
1994 849 5 854 #321
1993 867 5 872 #307
1992 828 — 828 #326
1991 774 5 779 #340
1990 863 7 870 #316
1989 858 10 868 #305
1988 774 7 781 #321
1987 816 — 816 #297
1986 766 6 772 #311
1985 808 6 814 #301
1984 858 7 865 #281
1983 844 — 844 #278
1982 876 — 876 #279
1981 899 — 899 #275
1980 914 — 914 #272
1979 879 5 884 #278
1978 925 5 930 #255
1977 994 6 1,000 #249
1976 943 9 952 #250
1975 1,059 6 1,065 #229
1974 1,140 7 1,147 #225
1973 1,137 — 1,137 #221
1972 1,241 9 1,250 #225
1971 1,440 9 1,449 #209
1970 1,718 9 1,727 #191
1969 1,858 10 1,868 #175
1968 1,884 12 1,896 #173
1967 2,157 8 2,165 #158
1966 2,447 5 2,452 #144
1965 2,800 14 2,814 #137
1964 3,100 9 3,109 #132
1963 3,338 9 3,347 #124
1962 3,586 16 3,602 #128
1961 3,858 12 3,870 #119
1960 4,071 10 4,081 #117
1959 4,375 15 4,390 #108
1958 4,772 20 4,792 #100
1957 5,019 14 5,033 #95
1956 5,278 17 5,295 #90
1955 5,592 19 5,611 #78
1954 5,947 14 5,961 #72
1953 6,123 20 6,143 #65
1952 6,464 17 6,481 #63
1951 6,949 14 6,963 #54
1950 7,061 19 7,080 #50
1949 7,707 27 7,734 #46
1948 8,301 22 8,323 #40
1947 8,979 24 9,003 #38
1946 8,852 33 8,885 #36
1945 8,301 30 8,331 #31
1944 8,696 36 8,732 #31
1943 9,800 38 9,838 #28
1942 10,016 37 10,053 #26
1941 9,887 49 9,936 #24
1940 10,203 38 10,241 #18
1939 10,420 45 10,465 #16
1938 10,837 65 10,902 #13
1937 11,453 66 11,519 #12
1936 12,234 52 12,286 #11
1935 12,785 67 12,852 #10
1934 14,100 49 14,149 #9
1933 14,644 82 14,726 #8
1932 16,376 89 16,465 #8
1931 17,664 67 17,731 #6
1930 19,913 83 19,996 #4
1929 20,983 77 21,060 #4
1928 22,937 88 23,025 #4
1927 25,316 92 25,408 #4
1926 26,886 74 26,960 #4
1925 29,173 80 29,253 #4
1924 31,194 79 31,273 #3
1923 31,486 62 31,548 #3
1922 32,510 67 32,577 #3
1921 34,822 66 34,888 #3
1920 35,097 63 35,160 #3
1919 33,706 60 33,766 #2
1918 36,148 80 36,228 #2
1917 34,251 61 34,312 #2
1916 32,661 83 32,744 #2
1915 30,866 60 30,926 #2
1914 23,221 54 23,275 #2
1913 18,888 51 18,939 #2
1912 16,133 38 16,171 #2
1911 11,801 46 11,847 #2
1910 10,479 30 10,509 #2
1909 9,250 36 9,286 #2
1908 8,439 30 8,469 #2
1907 7,579 20 7,599 #2
1906 7,176 26 7,202 #2
1905 6,811 26 6,837 #2
1904 6,488 15 6,503 #2
1903 6,129 29 6,158 #2
1902 5,967 30 5,997 #2
1901 5,247 17 5,264 #2
1900 6,342 18 6,360 #2
1899 5,048 16 5,064 #3
1898 5,230 17 5,247 #3
1897 4,519 16 4,535 #3
1896 4,392 10 4,402 #3
1895 4,023 17 4,040 #3
1894 3,676 8 3,684 #4
1893 3,249 8 3,257 #6
1892 2,936 7 2,943 #9
1891 2,417 9 2,426 #9
1890 2,312 7 2,319 #12
1889 1,909 8 1,917 #17
1888 1,847 5 1,852 #16
1887 1,405 — 1,405 #21
1886 1,267 — 1,267 #25
1885 1,134 6 1,140 #28
1884 986 — 986 #33
1883 862 5 867 #35
1882 838 — 838 #31
1881 612 7 619 #43
1880 636 — 636 #35