Elektra — #6031 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elektra

The Social Security Administration has registered 810 babies named Elektra between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elektra currently holds the #6031 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elektra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 379 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Elektra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Elektra in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elektra 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 810 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.