Electra
Electra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200634 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1910
- 1,134people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,134 girls have been named Electra in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 34 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 2000s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Electra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 62 | |
| 1920s | 84 | |
| 1930s | 56 | |
| 1940s | 13 | |
| 1950s | 57 | |
| 1960s | 71 | |
| 1970s | 93 | |
| 1980s | 94 | |
| 1990s | 135 | |
| 2000s | 249 | |
| 2010s | 150 | |
| 2020s | 70 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Electra was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Electra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thaispeak 2001
- Florenciapeak 2003
- Pilarpeak 2005
- Mariannapeak 2006
- Nicolettapeak 2000
- Esperanzapeak 2000
- Nadeenpeak 2001
- Hopepeak 2000
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.