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Helene vs Rebeka

Helene and Rebekacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2018, Helene was ranked #4684 and Rebeka #1234 among girls in England and Wales.

Helene and Rebeka over time

Helene and Rebeka appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Rebeka held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Helene in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Helene reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Rebeka in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls21 shared years, 19962018

    Helene held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Rebeka in 19.

    Highest recorded here: Helene #1168 in 1996, Rebeka #1139 in 2015.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2018: Helene #4684, Rebeka #1234.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Helene, Rebeka
FieldHeleneRebeka
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables33
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, IE, NOGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #101 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #5891 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)88/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Helene and Rebeka both have 3 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Helene

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #110 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #101 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Rebeka

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #1168 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Highest recorded2010–2015

    Highest recorded position: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2010–2015).

    Northern Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls