Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Electra

#6,428 most common girls' name of all time · #10,841 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1910–2025

Rank among girls
#6,428
Rank overall
#10,841 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
1,147
Since 2016
136
Peak year
2006 #4,273
Best rank
#2,373 1910
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
192019401960198020002020

Electra first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 13 #7,923
2024 11 11 #9,003
2023 14 14 #7,676
2022 16 16 #7,021
2021 19 19 #6,206
2020 10 10 #9,609
2019 10 10 #9,804
2018 19 19 #6,275
2017 13 13 #8,336
2016 11 11 #9,465
2015 17 17 #7,002
2014 13 13 #8,533
2013 18 18 #6,760
2012 15 15 #7,841
2011 15 15 #7,822
2010 19 19 #6,663
2009 22 22 #6,108
2008 17 17 #7,446
2007 25 25 #5,547
2006 34 34 #4,273
2005 31 31 #4,384
2004 29 29 #4,612
2003 23 23 #5,263
2002 27 27 #4,513
2001 25 25 #4,705
2000 16 16 #6,520
1999 22 22 #4,892
1998 23 23 #4,661
1997 20 20 #5,043
1996 8 8 #9,654
1995 11 11 #7,579
1994 11 11 #7,654
1993 8 8 #9,644
1992 9 9 #8,808
1991 6 6 #11,639
1990 17 17 #5,329
1989 7 7 #9,784
1988 12 12 #6,333
1987 18 18 #4,510
1986 9 9 #7,216
1985 6 6 #9,436
1984 14 14 #5,001
1983 9 9 #6,789
1981 7 7 #8,244
1980 12 12 #5,603
1979 10 10 #6,267
1978 7 7 #7,752
1977 9 9 #6,407
1976 13 13 #4,664
1974 11 11 #5,074
1973 11 11 #4,938
1972 6 6 #7,443
1971 14 14 #4,152
1970 12 12 #4,545
1969 5 5 #7,636
1967 16 16 #3,248
1965 8 8 #4,932
1964 11 11 #4,167
1963 7 7 #5,450
1962 9 9 #4,613
1961 7 7 #5,426
1960 8 8 #4,896
1959 9 9 #4,400
1958 6 6 #5,571
1957 7 7 #5,041
1956 5 5 #6,176
1955 6 6 #5,364
1954 8 8 #4,386
1953 5 5 #5,857
1952 5 5 #5,756
1951 6 6 #5,001
1949 6 6 #4,855
1948 7 7 #4,338
1938 7 7 #3,621
1936 5 5 #4,411
1935 5 5 #4,436
1934 5 5 #4,518
1933 10 10 #2,792
1932 10 10 #2,949
1931 7 7 #3,655
1930 7 7 #3,832
1929 9 9 #3,274
1928 5 5 #4,945
1927 10 10 #3,175
1926 10 10 #3,163
1925 7 7 #4,196
1924 6 6 #4,643
1923 7 7 #4,135
1922 11 11 #3,072
1921 12 12 #2,883
1920 7 7 #4,163
1919 5 5 #5,028
1918 6 6 #4,493
1917 12 12 #2,647
1916 10 10 #2,946
1915 11 11 #2,651
1913 6 6 #3,077
1912 6 6 #2,882
1910 6 6 #2,373