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Helen

Girl#885 in 20245 lettersPeak 1996
41
Babies in 2024
-20%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 435
+24%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 19962024
5003752501250200020052010201520202024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.

About the name Helen

Helen peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (435 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 41 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.

Helen reached its peak in 1996, when 435 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #108 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 41 keeps the name in regular use.

Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 3,361 girls have been officially registered with the name Helen in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 562 girls were registered with the name, starting from 51 in 2014 and ending at 41 in 2024.

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