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Helene

The name Helene carries the meaning "French/German form of Helen", with roots in French. It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Its single strongest year on record was 1918.

FrenchFrench/German form of Helen
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
1,367
1910s
5,363
1920s
5,519
1930s
4,404
1940s
4,932
1950s
4,740
1960s
2,891
1970s
970
1980s
564
1990s
463
2000s
472
2010s
284
Peaked in the 1920s · 31,969 total U.S. births since 1900