Elektra
Elektra was the 6387th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 2283rd with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,633 places. More babies were named Elektra in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,387 girls, up 1,277 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200579 babies
- Total since 1880
- 828babies recorded
Elektra popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,387 | 18 |
| 2020 | #7,664 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,128 | 36 |
| 2000 | #8,746 | 11 |
| 1990 | #10,538 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Elektra, counting every spelling?
Elektra has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Elektra?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Elektra (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Elektra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Elektra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Elektra?
About 800 people born in the US named Elektra are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 11 and 20. That makes Elektra mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Elektra
How popular is the name Elektra?
Elektra was the 6387th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 2283rd with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,633 places. More babies were named Elektra in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Elektra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Elektra in the US.