girl's name
Heline
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 595
Heline is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in France in 2007, when 35 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1988.
Heline over time
Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 |
| 1990s | 85 |
| 2000s | 200 |
| 2010s | 200 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 105 |
How popular is Heline?
In 2025, Heline was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Heline is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Héline | Héline is a rare spelling of Heline, written with an acute accent and recorded about 205 times, mostly in France. | 205 |
Names that peaked alongside Heline
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Heline also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Heline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Heline
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Heline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Heline
Is Heline a girl's or a boy's name?
Heline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Heline most popular?
Heline peaked in 2007, when 35 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Heline a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Heline currently ranks #2,552 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.