Electra
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,147since 1910
Electra over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Electra has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Electra! It came in at #2,140, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Electra is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Electra in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,661 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #7,885)
- 908 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1910 at #2,140 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1911, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 55,918
- Highest: 1 in 55,918 girls born in 2006 were named Electra (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,140 in 1910, was only 1 in 66,084 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 21.7% of all girls named Electra (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 62 | #2,140 (1910) | #3,077 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,762 (1921) | #3,607 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,688 (1933) | #3,599 |
| 1940s | 13 | #4,205 (1948) | #4,439 |
| 1950s | 57 | #4,278 (1954) | #5,126 |
| 1960s | 71 | #3,211 (1967) | #4,940 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,123 (1971) | #5,620 |
| 1980s | 94 | #4,474 (1987) | #6,913 |
| 1990s | 135 | #4,636 (1998) | #7,430 |
| 2000s | 249 | #4,265 (2006) | #5,317 |
| 2010s | 150 | #6,248 (2018) | #7,811 |
| 2020s | 83 | #6,174 (2021) | #7,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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