Helén
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a French type variant of Helena.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Helén (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,814 |
| 2000 | 3,830 |
| 2001 | 3,846 |
| 2002 | 3,859 |
| 2003 | 3,909 |
| 2004 | 3,905 |
| 2005 | 3,860 |
| 2006 | 3,854 |
| 2007 | 3,853 |
| 2008 | 3,911 |
| 2009 | 3,921 |
| 2010 | 3,917 |
| 2011 | 3,913 |
| 2012 | 3,903 |
| 2013 | 3,894 |
| 2014 | 3,896 |
| 2015 | 3,885 |
| 2016 | 3,883 |
| 2017 | 3,868 |
| 2018 | 3,856 |
| 2019 | 3,838 |
| 2020 | 3,829 |
Helén in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Helén.Hi! My name is Helén.
- Helén bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Helén lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Helén kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Helén is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Heléns mamma är lärare.Helén's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Heléns mamma is Helén's mum.
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Questions about Helén
How do you pronounce Helén in Swedish?
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What does the name Helén mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a French type variant of Helena.
How popular is Helén in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Helén in 2022. In 2020, 3,829 people in Sweden had Helén as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.