Helina

#7,622 in 2025Girls' name

Tinkling

Helina has been given to 535 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #7,622 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Helina, 2025

1 in 237,000

Helina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Helina: meaning, origin, and history

Tinkling

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Helina means

Helina means “tinkling”, associated with helin.

Origin, language, and formation

Helina is used in Estonian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Helena.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 535 girls were recorded with the name Helina between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2005; its best national rank was #5,530 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,342 in 2020 to #7,622 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,521 in 2015 to #7,622 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Helina?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 237,000; 14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 115,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,622; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 164,137 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Helina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Helina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Helinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Helina was born before 2007 — so the typical Helina is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 71.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 535; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (158).

Is Helina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,536; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −280; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,899; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2005 (22)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,530; 2002

Spellings of Helina

Helina is not the most common spelling — Helen is, with 42.2% against Helina's 0.02%.

Helen42.2%1,024,202
Regina7.6%184,272
Melinda5.6%135,822
Elena4.5%108,013
Eliana3.1%76,104
Belinda3.0%72,960
Eliza2.9%70,569
Selena2.5%59,887

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Helina around the world

Where Helina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2023
#3,599
in 2023
France
1908–2025
#3,163
in 2025
Canada
1996–2015
#3,185
in 2015
South Australia
1950–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Helina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,622
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 280
Best rank ever: #5,530; 2002
Peak year: 2005; 22 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 535
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Helina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Helaina Helana Heloise Helayna Araina Cerina Sheina Dalina Eleina Surina Levina Rubina Aamina Jalina Hellon Mahina Samina Darina Felina Safina Galina Velina Calina Matina

Sibling names for Helina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnee Jazmyne Taniya Rhianna Lesli Yahaira Jaiden

For a brother

Kale Aaden Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon Shamar

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