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.

Hellen

#1,821 most common girls' name of all time · #3,124 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#1,821
Rank overall
#3,124 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
8,353
Since 2016
963
Peak year
1924 #509
Best rank
#509 1924
Girls Boys peak 195/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hellen first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 112 — 112 #1,798
2024 126 — 126 #1,637
2023 142 — 142 #1,515
2022 88 — 88 #2,157
2021 75 — 75 #2,387
2020 82 — 82 #2,198
2019 91 — 91 #2,072
2018 77 — 77 #2,364
2017 79 — 79 #2,321
2016 91 — 91 #2,132
2015 80 — 80 #2,321
2014 51 — 51 #3,192
2013 69 — 69 #2,572
2012 77 — 77 #2,402
2011 58 — 58 #2,948
2010 49 — 49 #3,311
2009 63 — 63 #2,802
2008 65 — 65 #2,776
2007 80 — 80 #2,372
2006 65 — 65 #2,730
2005 47 — 47 #3,263
2004 41 — 41 #3,572
2003 38 — 38 #3,662
2002 25 — 25 #4,780
2001 24 — 24 #4,839
2000 36 — 36 #3,596
1999 27 — 27 #4,207
1998 24 — 24 #4,497
1997 33 — 33 #3,454
1996 21 — 21 #4,749
1995 23 — 23 #4,355
1994 27 — 27 #3,900
1993 23 — 23 #4,403
1992 23 — 23 #4,393
1991 12 — 12 #7,001
1990 18 — 18 #5,070
1989 19 — 19 #4,680
1988 19 — 19 #4,508
1987 22 — 22 #3,869
1986 15 — 15 #4,984
1985 13 — 13 #5,378
1984 16 — 16 #4,505
1983 23 — 23 #3,441
1982 17 — 17 #4,361
1981 18 — 18 #4,174
1980 20 — 20 #3,864
1979 9 — 9 #6,730
1978 23 — 23 #3,294
1977 8 — 8 #6,935
1976 15 — 15 #4,174
1975 25 — 25 #2,892
1974 19 — 19 #3,440
1973 23 — 23 #2,927
1972 22 — 22 #2,987
1971 19 — 19 #3,391
1970 21 — 21 #3,121
1969 28 — 28 #2,463
1968 25 — 25 #2,492
1967 24 — 24 #2,501
1966 20 — 20 #2,766
1965 28 — 28 #2,254
1964 32 — 32 #2,120
1963 33 — 33 #2,072
1962 38 — 38 #1,862
1961 33 — 33 #2,046
1960 36 — 36 #1,897
1959 41 — 41 #1,727
1958 38 — 38 #1,768
1957 35 — 35 #1,848
1956 57 — 57 #1,386
1955 57 — 57 #1,338
1954 51 — 51 #1,415
1953 58 — 58 #1,278
1952 54 — 54 #1,301
1951 77 — 77 #1,059
1950 63 — 63 #1,164
1949 69 — 69 #1,081
1948 74 — 74 #1,019
1947 79 — 79 #994
1946 96 — 96 #845
1945 88 — 88 #804
1944 91 — 91 #803
1943 89 — 89 #827
1942 92 — 92 #796
1941 89 — 89 #762
1940 97 — 97 #707
1939 86 — 86 #738
1938 111 — 111 #650
1937 122 — 122 #610
1936 99 — 99 #664
1935 101 — 101 #658
1934 116 — 116 #614
1933 118 — 118 #595
1932 139 — 139 #555
1931 155 — 155 #530
1930 144 — 144 #566
1929 148 — 148 #563
1928 161 — 161 #550
1927 148 — 148 #581
1926 166 — 166 #545
1925 170 — 170 #551
1924 195 — 195 #509
1923 178 — 178 #532
1922 171 — 171 #544
1921 156 — 156 #578
1920 175 — 175 #537
1919 148 — 148 #566
1918 152 — 152 #582
1917 107 — 107 #661
1916 107 — 107 #661
1915 109 — 109 #629
1914 73 — 73 #683
1913 56 — 56 #697
1912 65 — 65 #612
1911 43 — 43 #663
1910 56 — 56 #546
1909 29 — 29 #758
1908 21 — 21 #869
1907 33 — 33 #662
1906 33 — 33 #628
1905 30 — 30 #655
1904 24 — 24 #723
1903 26 — 26 #663
1902 20 — 20 #788
1901 18 — 18 #791
1900 18 — 18 #908
1899 18 — 18 #782
1898 17 — 17 #836
1897 16 — 16 #818
1896 18 — 18 #785
1895 18 — 18 #764
1894 17 — 17 #740
1893 15 — 15 #792
1892 14 — 14 #826
1891 10 — 10 #934
1890 10 — 10 #920
1889 16 — 16 #655
1888 5 — 5 #1,337
1887 8 — 8 #920
1886 12 — 12 #690
1885 7 — 7 #907
1883 5 — 5 #1,024