Girls' name · since 1910
Electra
1,147 babies named Electra in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,914 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,147
- born since 1910
- 2000s
- peak decade
Electra currently ranks #7914 among girls' names in America, with 1,147 babies recorded since 1910.
Social Security Administration records show Electra recorded 1,147 times among girls since 1910, holding rank #7914 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #6,825 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,914 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,147 born since 1910
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Electra ranks #6,825 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,914 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,147 born since 1910, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,914 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,147
- born since 1910
- 2000s
- peak decade
Electra's 1,147 recorded births place it above 90.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Electra compares
1,147 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Electra's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Electra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,147 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Electra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Electra splits its recorded history at 1974: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Electra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Electra by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (249 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Electra's strongest decade.
249 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Electra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 62
1910s
62 births
- 1920s 84
1920s
84 births
- 1930s 56
1930s
56 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s 57
1950s
57 births
- 1960s 71
1960s
71 births
- 1970s 93
1970s
93 births
- 1980s 94
1980s
94 births
- 1990s
1990s
135 births
- 2000s
2000s
249 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 249 births (22% of all-time use).
How Electra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Electra's total volume
Electra by state
Where Electra concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
22 of 1,147 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Electra's data
- Electra's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (249 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Electras (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Electra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Electra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~115 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Electra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.