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Baby name
Helena
Girl
Origin of the name
Helena is the Latin form of Helen, from the ancient Greek Helenē. Saint Helena was the mother of the emperor Constantine.
Classic name
40,412births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 363rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Helena are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Helena is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Helena is most common in Massachusetts (2.5 times), New Jersey (1.7) and Maryland (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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