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Helen

in the US

There are 459,224 people with the first name "Helen" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Helen 80
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  1. is 76th most common Rebecca
  2. is 77th most common Douglas
  3. is 78th most common Julie
  4. is 79th most common Terry
  5. is 80th most common Helen
  6. is 81st most common Sarah
  7. is 82nd most common Patrick
  8. is 83rd most common Steve
  9. is 84th most common Jean

Similar Names and Nicknames

Helene, Helena, Heleen, Helenia, Helem, Heleena, Heleana, Helenea, Heleno, Helean

Most Common Last Names for Helen

Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Miller, Davis, Wilson, Anderson, Taylor

Meaning & History

(female) English vernacular form of the name (Greek Hēlēnē) borne in classical legend by a famous beauty, wife of Menelaus, whose seizure by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Her name is of uncertain origin; it may be connected with a word meaning ‘ray’ or ‘sunbeam’ compare Greek hēlios ‘sun’. It has sometimes been taken as connected with the Greek word meaning ‘Greek’, Hellēn, but this is doubtful. In the early Christian period the name was borne by the mother of the Emperor Constantine, who is now usually known by the Latin version of her name, Helena. She is credited with having found the True Cross in Jerusalem. She was born in about 248, probably in Bithynia. However, in medieval England it was believed that she had been born in Britain, which greatly increased the popularity of the name there.

Recent Searches for "Helen" in the US

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Helen Smith (989 searches)
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