Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Helen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Helen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

36,148

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

98%

2024

726

All-time

1,023,527

Helen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 36,148 girls were named Helen.

In 2024, only 726 girls were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 1,023,527 Americans have been named Helen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

191836,148 girls named Helen

2024726 girls named Helen

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