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How popular is the name Electra?

Births per year, rank history and how many Electras are alive today.

Electra (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1854th most popular that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak.

The Electra you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Electras born in England and Wales are between 7 and 21, and there are at least 240 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Electra - on average, only one in every 1,313 such rooms contains a Electra.

How many babies are named Electra each year?

051015200020201996: 31998: 52000: 92002: 32003: 32004: 62005: 72006: 62007: 92008: 102009: 112010: 102011: 42012: 82013: 92014: 62015: 122016: 142017: 92018: 102019: 152020: 92021: 92022: 92023: 112024: 62025: 3actual

Where does Electra rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951998: ranked 2,7012000: ranked 1,8312002: ranked 4,1372003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 2,8022005: ranked 2,6822006: ranked 3,1162007: ranked 2,4102008: ranked 2,2922009: ranked 2,1482010: ranked 2,3922011: ranked 4,7642012: ranked 2,9692013: ranked 2,6492014: ranked 3,5142015: ranked 2,1952016: ranked 2,0082017: ranked 2,7062018: ranked 2,4992019: ranked 1,8542020: ranked 2,6152021: ranked 2,7112022: ranked 2,6742023: ranked 2,3462024: ranked 3,6962025: ranked 5,927

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Electra per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 15 in 2019
Electra: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Electra most popular?

Electra peaked in 2019, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Electra?

At least 240 people named Electra born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Electra?

Most living Electras are between 7 and 21; the most common age is about 10.

Is Electra becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak.






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