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How popular is the name Helena?
Births per year, rank history and how many Helenas are alive today.
Helena (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 329th in 2025 with 131 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1996, when 308 babies were given the name, the 145th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 371 in 2024 before climbing back to the 329th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 5,300 babies have been named Helena in England and Wales since the 1990s. Common short forms of Helena include Helen and Lena.
The Helena you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Helenas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 5,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Helena.
How many babies are named Helena each year?
Where does Helena rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Helena most popular?
Helena peaked in 1996, when 308 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Helena?
At least 5,300 people named Helena born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Helena?
Most living Helenas are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 29.
Is Helena becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.