Helene
About Helene
Whether it's pronounced with an "een" or an "aine" or an "enn" sound at the end, Helene doesn't feel as current the more forthright Helen or the airier Helena. Helene reached a high of Number 228 in the US in 1916, when ene, ine and een names were all the fashion, and stayed in the Top 500 until 1962, making a final exit in 1970. It still ranks well in its native France, and even more in Norway (#70). Model Heidi Klum's daughter 'Leni' has Helene on her birth certificate.
As of October 2026, Helene ranked #3602 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #227 in 1916.
Editor's take: The name Helene is a girl's name of French origin meaning "bright, shining one".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,387 | 33 | 18.5 |
| 2015 | #3,725 | 41 | 23 |
| 2016 | #4,380 | 33 | 18.6 |
| 2017 | #4,427 | 32 | 18.5 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,381 | 32 | 19.1 |
| 2020 | #3,955 | 36 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | #4,889 | 27 | 16.5 |
| 2022 | #4,627 | 30 | 18.3 |
| 2023 | #4,137 | 35 | 21.8 |
| 2024 | #3,765 | 40 | 24.7 |
| 2025 | #3,602 | 42 | 26.1 |
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Famous Helenes
- Hélène Louise Henriette
Princess of Orléans; Duchess of Aosta; daughter of Prince Philippe
- Hélène Cixous
French feminist poet, writer and philosopher
- Helene Emma Madison
American Olympic swimmer
- Helene Engelmann
Austrian figure skater
- Hélène Grimaud
French pianist
- Helene Fischer
German singer
- Hélène Conway
Mouret, French Senator
- Hélène Flautre
French MEP
- Hélène Goudin
Swedish MEP
- Hélène LeBlanc
Canadian MP
- Hélène Laverdière
Canadian MP
- Helene Mayer
German Olympic fencer
- Helene Rother
German auto designer
- Hélène Joy
Australian,Canadian actress
- Helene White
U.S. federal judge
- Anna Helene Paquin
New Zealand actress
- Helene Boshoven Klum Samuel
daughter of Heidi Klum and Flavio Briatore
- Helene Claire Stewart (b. 2013)
daughter of American actor French Stewart
- Helene Deconninick
French rhythmic gymnast
Helene in pop culture
- Also pronounced like Hel
ay,na
- Helene Kuragin
character in Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace"
- Celeste Marie Helene Dubois
witch on TV's "The Originals"
- Helene Aquilla
character in Sabaa Tahir's "An Ember in the Ashes."