Is Helen a boy or girl name?
Helen is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 726 girls and 0 boys were named Helen, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 1,026,632 US babies named Helen were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #424
- Babies named Helen since 1880
- 1,026,632
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 36,228 babies
Boys and girls named Helen, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | 11,496 | 99.7% |
| 1890s | 115 | 37,802 | 99.7% |
| 1900s | 247 | 69,428 | 99.6% |
| 1910s | 563 | 248,154 | 99.8% |
| 1920s | 748 | 290,403 | 99.7% |
| 1930s | 665 | 140,426 | 99.5% |
| 1940s | 334 | 90,742 | 99.6% |
| 1950s | 169 | 57,578 | 99.7% |
| 1960s | 105 | 29,098 | 99.6% |
| 1970s | 65 | 11,475 | 99.4% |
| 1980s | 36 | 8,414 | 99.6% |
| 1990s | 22 | 8,405 | 99.7% |
| 2000s | 5 | 8,847 | 99.9% |
| 2010s | 0 | 7,583 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 3,676 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 726 | #424 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 776 | #395 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 749 | #422 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 704 | #444 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 721 | #426 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 743 | #428 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 745 | #415 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 763 | #418 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 816 | #409 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 767 | #419 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 802 | #403 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 740 | #411 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 772 | #403 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 731 | #429 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 704 | #437 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 826 | #388 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 885 | #368 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 932 | #349 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 949 | #347 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 961 | #333 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,003 | 861 | #364 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 783 | #392 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 875 | #341 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 884 | #344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 891 | #345 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 841 | #356 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 832 | #349 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 812 | #346 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 900 | #312 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 838 | #324 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,350 | 849 | #321 |
| 1993 | 5 | #9,258 | 868 | #307 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 828 | #326 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,689 | 774 | #340 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,702 | 863 | #317 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,960 | 858 | #304 |
| 1988 | 7 | #6,022 | 774 | #322 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 816 | #297 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,234 | 768 | #311 |
| 1985 | 6 | #6,068 | 808 | #301 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,179 | 858 | #281 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 844 | #278 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 876 | #279 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 899 | #275 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 913 | #272 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,428 | 878 | #279 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,167 | 925 | #255 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,388 | 994 | #249 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,835 | 943 | #250 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,043 | 1,059 | #229 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,341 | 1,141 | #225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 1,136 | #221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,450 | 1,241 | #225 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,479 | 1,440 | #209 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,373 | 1,718 | #191 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,942 | 1,858 | #175 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,494 | 1,884 | #173 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,090 | 2,156 | #158 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,184 | 2,447 | #144 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,212 | 2,801 | #137 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,941 | 3,100 | #132 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,931 | 3,337 | #124 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,075 | 3,587 | #128 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,468 | 3,858 | #119 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,757 | 4,070 | #118 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,151 | 4,374 | #108 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,795 | 4,769 | #100 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,228 | 5,020 | #95 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,970 | 5,279 | #90 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,814 | 5,592 | #78 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,152 | 5,947 | #72 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,733 | 6,123 | #65 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,894 | 6,464 | #63 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,091 | 6,950 | #54 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,717 | 7,060 | #50 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,417 | 7,707 | #46 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,579 | 8,301 | #40 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,536 | 8,979 | #38 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,224 | 8,853 | #36 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,212 | 8,300 | #31 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,115 | 8,696 | #31 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,116 | 9,800 | #28 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,127 | 10,016 | #26 |
| 1941 | 49 | #911 | 9,887 | #24 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,054 | 10,203 | #18 |
| 1939 | 45 | #939 | 10,419 | #16 |
| 1938 | 65 | #759 | 10,837 | #13 |
| 1937 | 66 | #753 | 11,454 | #12 |
| 1936 | 52 | #848 | 12,234 | #11 |
| 1935 | 67 | #754 | 12,784 | #10 |
| 1934 | 49 | #904 | 14,101 | #9 |
| 1933 | 82 | #640 | 14,644 | #8 |
| 1932 | 89 | #639 | 16,376 | #8 |
| 1931 | 67 | #766 | 17,664 | #6 |
| 1930 | 83 | #687 | 19,913 | #4 |
| 1929 | 77 | #709 | 20,982 | #4 |
| 1928 | 88 | #672 | 22,937 | #4 |
| 1927 | 92 | #664 | 25,317 | #4 |
| 1926 | 74 | #746 | 26,885 | #4 |
| 1925 | 80 | #725 | 29,173 | #4 |
| 1924 | 79 | #749 | 31,194 | #3 |
| 1923 | 62 | #864 | 31,486 | #3 |
| 1922 | 67 | #835 | 32,510 | #3 |
| 1921 | 66 | #852 | 34,822 | #3 |
| 1920 | 63 | #856 | 35,097 | #3 |
| 1919 | 60 | #854 | 33,706 | #2 |
| 1918 | 80 | #706 | 36,148 | #2 |
| 1917 | 61 | #813 | 34,251 | #2 |
| 1916 | 83 | #643 | 32,661 | #2 |
| 1915 | 60 | #779 | 30,866 | #2 |
| 1914 | 54 | #707 | 23,221 | #2 |
| 1913 | 51 | #623 | 18,888 | #2 |
| 1912 | 38 | #696 | 16,133 | #2 |
| 1911 | 46 | #429 | 11,801 | #2 |
| 1910 | 30 | #517 | 10,479 | #2 |
| 1909 | 36 | #412 | 9,250 | #2 |
| 1908 | 30 | #442 | 8,439 | #2 |
| 1907 | 20 | #548 | 7,579 | #2 |
| 1906 | 26 | #433 | 7,176 | #2 |
| 1905 | 26 | #426 | 6,811 | #2 |
| 1904 | 15 | #597 | 6,488 | #2 |
| 1903 | 29 | #357 | 6,129 | #2 |
| 1902 | 30 | #361 | 5,967 | #2 |
| 1901 | 17 | #478 | 5,247 | #2 |
| 1900 | 18 | #591 | 6,342 | #2 |
| 1899 | 16 | #491 | 5,048 | #3 |
| 1898 | 17 | #513 | 5,230 | #3 |
| 1897 | 16 | #505 | 4,519 | #3 |
| 1896 | 10 | #749 | 4,392 | #3 |
| 1895 | 17 | #496 | 4,023 | #3 |
| 1894 | 8 | #817 | 3,676 | #4 |
| 1893 | 8 | #794 | 3,249 | #6 |
| 1892 | 7 | #900 | 2,936 | #9 |
| 1891 | 9 | #666 | 2,417 | #9 |
| 1890 | 7 | #844 | 2,312 | #12 |
| 1889 | 8 | #746 | 1,909 | #17 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,101 | 1,847 | #16 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 1,405 | #21 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 1,267 | #25 |
| 1885 | 6 | #874 | 1,134 | #28 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 986 | #33 |
| 1883 | 5 | #962 | 862 | #35 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 838 | #31 |
| 1881 | 7 | #743 | 612 | #43 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 636 | #35 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Helen reached #357 in 1903. As a girl name, it reached #2 in 1900. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Helen
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.