Elektra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LEK-tra
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Elektra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “shining, amber”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Elektra mean?
Greek: Greek name related to elektron, amber
“shining, amber”
In Greek tragedy Electra helps her brother Orestes avenge the murder of their father, Agamemnon.
Is Elektra a girl's or a boy's name?
Elektra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elektra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Elektra, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elektra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Elektra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
How popular is Elektra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Elektra, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Elektra in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elektra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Elektra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Sophia, Eliana, Lyra, Elena, Isabella, Elora, Ava, Ariana, Eliza, Athena, Aria
Names related to Elektra
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elektra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elektra, updated 20 October 2026.