Helene

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Helene: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Helene: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #7 in 1995, and it stood at #101 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
110times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#7highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
20names it appears alongside

What stands out in Helene's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 54 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 20 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1802
1998	#1823
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#2023
2002	#3409
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#2970
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2017	#5765
2018	#4684

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2018: #83 among girls in Norway, #4684 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

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
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #101 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Helene appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 11,145 births with the name.

Helene across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Helene's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#110 (1945)	#7 (1995)	#101 (2025)	81 of 81	11,145 (1945–2025)	380 (1995)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#265 (1969)	#515 (1991)	8 of 28	39 (1964–1991)	10 (1969)
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#1168 (1996)	#4684 (2018)	21 of 23	129 (1996–2018)	16 (1996)

Helene by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Helene in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	225	5 of 10	45
1950s	412	10 of 10	41
1960s	673	10 of 10	67
1970s	1,000	10 of 10	100
1980s	1,997	10 of 10	200
1990sbusiest	3,267	10 of 10	327
2000s	2,300	10 of 10	230
2010s	904	10 of 10	90
2020s	367	6 of 10	61

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 327 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 73, from 200 to 127.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Helene appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #7 in Norway in 1995.

Helene's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#101	58	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#130	40	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#87	68	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#77	74	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#100	53	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#81	74	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#91	66	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#83	76	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#106	57	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#89	69	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#70	92	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#73	84	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#61	111	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#66	100	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#53	122	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#50	127	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#53	127	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#31	200	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#36	172	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#27	221	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#21	239	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#26	218	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#16	288	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#21	259	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#19	293	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#20	283	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#17	307	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#11	343	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#11	332	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#10	362	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#7	380	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#10	360	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#12	318	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#13	281	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#16	299	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#17	285	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#17	279	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#21	267	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#35	208	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#34	208	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#28	216	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#30	202	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#36	178	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#48	147	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#47	148	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#48	144	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#56	130	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#60	126	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#81	92	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#69	113	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#67	117	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#82	86	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#81	94	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#95	81	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#92	83	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#94	78	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#88	88	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#92	78	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#93	78	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#94	76	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#93	74	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#95	70	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#100	61	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#103	52	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#117	45	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#105	51	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#101	52	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#109	47	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#115	40	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#124	42	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#127	40	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#117	42	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#138	35	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#140	35	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#121	40	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#125	39	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#139	34	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#112	50	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#149	34	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#103	60	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#110	47	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #7, first reached in 1995.

It held a top-100 place in 60 years, 54 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 380 births, registered in Norway in 1995.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Helen · #9, 81y
Helena · #63, 80y
Helga · #58, 70y
Helge · #12, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aksel · #6, 81y
Elisabeth · #6, 81y
Fredrik · #6, 81y
Kristine · #5, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Brian · #7, 79y
Christian · #7, 81y
Ellinor · #7, 81y
Joseph · #7, 75y

Comparisons involving Helene

Existing comparison pages where Helene and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Helene in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Marianne vs Helene
In 1945 they stood at #118 and #110 in Norway · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #514 and #101.
Marianne · Helene · 77 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Helene vs Rita
In 1945 they stood at #110 and #116 in Norway · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2024 they were #130 and #473.
Helene · Rita · 79 shared years, 1945–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Anna vs Helene
Anna and Helene were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #101.
Anna · Helene · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Helene and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Helene vs Hanna
In Norway · Girls, Hanna moved into the top 50 at #27 in 2009 as Helene fell out of it to #53, having been #31 the year before.
Helene · Hanna · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 Norway ranking
Helene vs Elise
In Norway · Girls, Elise moved into the top 50 at #29 in 2009 as Helene fell out of it to #53, having been #31 the year before.
Helene · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 Norway ranking
Helene vs Jenny
In Norway · Girls, Jenny moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2009 as Helene fell out of it to #53, having been #31 the year before.
Helene · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Helene measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Helene at its highest position.

Anne vs Helene
Anne and Helene were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #101.
Anne · Helene · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Helene vs Astrid
Helene and Astrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #101 and #9.
Helene · Astrid · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Elin vs Helene
Elin and Helene were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #263 and #101.
Elin · Helene · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Helene was ranked #7 in Norway · Girls in 1995. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Helene and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Helene without appearing here.

Helene moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Helene

Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3409 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1798.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1741.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3285 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Helene

Jane Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Helene went from #110 to #61 while Jane went from #246 to #576.
Grethe Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Helene went from #110 to #66 while Grethe went from #21 to #576.
Hege Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Helene went from #110 to #66 while Hege went from #304 to #580.
Mette Compare
Between 1945 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Helene went from #110 to #66 while Mette went from #57 to #542.

Moved the same way as Helene

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Helene went from #1168 to #4684 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Helene went from #1168 to #4684 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Helene went from #1168 to #4684 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Helene went from #1168 to #4684 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #7 in Norway in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Helene

Helene at a glance

What stands out in Helene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Helene across 3 official records

Helene by decade in Norway · Girls

Helene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Helene

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Helene

Helene and the names beside it

Helene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Helene

Moved the opposite way to Helene

Moved the same way as Helene

Helene at a glance

What stands out in Helene's record

Helene across 3 official records

Helene by decade in Norway · Girls

Helene appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Helene

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Helene

Helene and the names beside it

Helene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Helene

Moved the opposite way to Helene

Moved the same way as Helene