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Baby name
Helene
Girl
Origin of the name
Hélène is the French form of Helen, from the ancient Greek Helenē. Its origin is obscure; it is sometimes linked to a word for “brightness of the sun,” without certainty.
Classic name
33,334births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 235rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Helene are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Helene is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Helene is most common in New York (4 times), Pennsylvania (2.8) and New Jersey (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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