Electra
Girl · Greek
Electra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “amber”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Electra mean?
Greek
“amber”
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Electra a girl's or a boy's name?
Electra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Electra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Electra, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Electra than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Electra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Electra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Electra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Electra, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Electra in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Electra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
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