Electra is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Electra is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,000 for girl births in the United States (and #13,763 across all names), given to 13 babies. Electra first appears in 1910 and peaked in 2006 (34 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | #8,000 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,096 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #7,753 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #7,065 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #6,245 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #9,756 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | #9,948 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,326 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | #8,427 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | #9,598 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #7,069 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #8,608 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | #6,817 |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #7,938 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | #7,908 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | #6,724 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | #6,169 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #7,510 |
| 2007 | 25 | 25 | #5,576 |
| 2006 | 34 | 34 | #4,286 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | #4,402 |
| 2004 | 29 | 29 | #4,635 |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | #5,283 |
| 2002 | 27 | 27 | #4,535 |
| 2001 | 25 | 25 | #4,732 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #6,582 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | #4,910 |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | #4,686 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #5,080 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #9,846 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #7,669 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #7,767 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #9,848 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #8,956 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #11,936 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #5,359 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #10,002 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #6,384 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,524 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #7,280 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #9,654 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,018 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #6,867 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,367 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #5,622 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,330 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #7,852 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,486 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #4,695 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,099 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #4,970 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,544 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #4,166 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #4,572 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,787 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #3,242 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #4,957 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,168 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,480 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,632 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,456 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #4,881 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,387 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #5,607 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,042 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,216 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,370 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,384 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #5,912 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #5,798 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #5,006 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #4,835 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,310 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,571 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,381 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,397 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,453 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,736 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,880 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,588 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,766 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,209 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,918 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,119 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #3,104 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,137 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,627 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #4,087 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #3,016 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,819 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #4,092 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,016 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,432 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | #2,601 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,885 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | #2,582 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,924 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,730 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,215 |