Name meaning & stats
Helena
Helena (Ancient Greek origin). 28,612 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
28,612 US babies were named Helena between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Helena (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
- Helena 91%
- Helaina 3%
- Helana 2%
- Helina 2%
- Helayna 1%
- Hellena 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)