Helena is the Latin form of the Greek Helen, usually explained as "torch" or "shining light". Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, is said to have found the True Cross, and Shakespeare used the name in both A Midsummer Night's Dream and All's Well That Ends Well; in the United States it is also the capital of Montana. Helena has been in the US top 1000 throughout this century and climbed from number 662 in 2000 to number 363 in 2025, its best rank so far.