Helena

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Helena is a given name. It is the Latin form of Helen. Notable people with this name include:

From Wikipedia

Helena first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 308 babies (rank #145 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Helena

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Helena yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,860

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

308

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Narcos: Helena Rodríguez Orejuela — Cali matriarch (Narcos: Mexico era spillover)

Famous people named Helena

Helena Bonham Carterfilm actor · b. 1966
Helena Blavatskytheosophist · b. 1831
Helena Rubinsteinaesthetician · b. 1872
Helena Christensenfashion photographer · b. 1968
Helena Sukovátennis player · b. 1965

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	308	#145
1997	279	#162
1998	278	#161
1999	266	#169
2000	212	#196
2001	209	#197
2002	183	#229
2003	150	#274
2004	149	#278
2005	140	#302
2006	186	#252
2007	148	#311
2008	154	#304
2009	134	#330
2010	141	#333
2011	146	#330
2012	141	#344
2013	135	#339
2014	164	#291
2015	159	#302
2016	178	#281