Electra — #8964 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Electra

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,134 babies named Electra between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Electra currently holds the #8964 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Electra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Electra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Electra in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Electra 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 1,134 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.