Elektra

Elektra was the #6,325 girls' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Elektra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elektra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Elektra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,325 (18)#2,605 (10)#3,044 (6)
2024#5,962 (20)#3,319 (7)—
2023#6,409 (18)#2,504 (10)—
2022#6,464 (18)#3,534 (6)—
2021#5,237 (24)#2,499 (10)#3,280 (5)
2020#7,559 (14)#1,939 (14)#3,251 (5)
2019#5,163 (25)#1,634 (18)—
2018#5,785 (21)#1,788 (16)#2,344 (8)
2017#4,922 (27)#2,925 (8)#2,609 (7)
2016#5,985 (21)#2,547 (10)#3,294 (5)
2015#4,725 (29)#1,865 (15)#2,011 (10)
2014#5,163 (26)#2,203 (12)#3,316 (5)
2013#5,143 (26)#2,649 (9)#2,595 (7)
2012#4,387 (33)#1,483 (21)—
2011#5,063 (27)#1,729 (16)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #2,278.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 91,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Elektra is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 99,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 78,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElektraCanadaGirls#3,0446
ElektraEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
ElektraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElektraUSGirls#6,32518