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HelpRe: Thoughts on the name Helen?
in reply to a message by KK
This is one of those names which has a very different generational use history on the opposite sides of the Atlantic.
In the USA Helen peaked way back in 1917. It should be just about getting to the point here today when the avant-garde will want to revive it.
In England, however, Helen only became popular in the middle of the 20th century and peaked in the late 1960s there. So Helens in the UK now average out in their late 50s and so it will be much harder for people in Britain to think of it as a "cool" name.
In the USA Helen peaked way back in 1917. It should be just about getting to the point here today when the avant-garde will want to revive it.
In England, however, Helen only became popular in the middle of the 20th century and peaked in the late 1960s there. So Helens in the UK now average out in their late 50s and so it will be much harder for people in Britain to think of it as a "cool" name.
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