Electa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Electa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,181 babies named Electa between 1880 and 2016, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Electa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Electa performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Electa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Electa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Electa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,181 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.