Helena

Last year (2023), the name Helena was #22 in the ranking of the most popular baby girl names in Poland, with 2511 girls having been given this name. It was the 6th most popular middle name, with 1128 baby girls who were given Helena as their middle. As of January this year, Helena is the 43rd most common female name in the Polish population, with 163805 bearers. As a middle name, Helena is the 16th most common middle name for women in Poland, with 156076 bearers.

Last year (2022), 2680 baby girls were given the name Helena in Poland. This name was 21st in the most popular names for girls ranking. Additionally, 1293 baby girls were given Helena as their middle name. It was #6 in the most popular middle names for girls ranking. As of January this year, there have been 167835 Helenas in Poland, which makes this name the 44th most common name among Polish women. 156992 others have Helena as their middle name, and it is the 18th most common middle name for women in Poland.

Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=55
Http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Helena

Last year (2021) 2687 baby Helenas were born in Poland, which means this name was #22 in most popular girl names' ranking. 1545 baby girls were named Helena as a middle name, which makes it the 6th names in baby girl middle names' ranking. As of January this year, Helena has been the 42nd most common name in Poland, with 172745 bearers.

Helena continues to climb up the charts in Poland since a few years. Last year (2019) it was #22 in the girls' first names' ranking, and 2994 baby girls were given this name. It was #8 as a middle name, and 1714 girls were given the name Helena as a middle.

Also Galician: http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?idioma=gl&ruta=onomast/nomes.jsp
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena

In July 2017, there were 192609 women in Poland named Helena.

Last year (2018), Helena was #23 in the girls' names ranking in Poland, 2772 girls were given this name. It's climbed 4 places higher than the previous year.

Also Catalan: http://www.idescat.cat/noms/?q=Helena&lang=en. [noted -ed]

Also Sorbian: https://hsb.wiktionary.org/wiki/Helena. [noted -ed]

Helena has always been a rather liked name in Poland. It's been very popular for ages, and is used a lot in Polish literature, there are also lots of famous Polish women - at least famous over here - with the name Helena (like the actress Helena Modrzejewska for example). It's considered a traditional/vintage name, slightly old-lady-ish I think, but also there is a huge come back of traditional names for babies in Poland nowadays, and Helena is pretty high in the ranking for last year - 27th place, 2547 girls - it's been rather high since quite a couple of years already. Also its diminutive, Lena, is hugely popular over here, being #5 in the ranking last year. Some Polish nicknames include: Helenka, Hela, Helka, Helcia, Helunia, Helusia, Lena, Lenka, Lenia etc. Namedays are on 2nd March, 22nd May, 18st August. It's pronounced he-LE-nah in Polish.

In 2018, 4 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Helena who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1343rd most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

My name is Helen. And I also like the name Helena. I pronounce it (hel-en-ah).

The name "Helena" exists also in Galician, pronounced just like the Spanish variant "Elena" (in these two languages, the letter "h" is mute).

The name is also used in Iceland. [noted -ed]

Also used in Croatia. [noted -ed]

It is also used in Catalan.

English should be listed as well. [noted -ed]

Helena is a very common name in the Mennonite communities, or was, one or two generations ago.