Meaning and history
Electra is the Latinized form of Greek Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), from ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning “amber.” In Greek myth, she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes, whom she aided in killing their mother and her lover Aegisthus to avenge Agamemnon’s murder. The name was also borne in Greek mythology by one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
20062006: 34 births, rank #4,265
2007: 25 births, rank #5,526
2008: 17 births, rank #7,408
2009: 22 births, rank #6,091
2010: 19 births, rank #6,641
20112011: 15 births, rank #7,783
2012: 15 births, rank #7,804
2013: 18 births, rank #6,729
2014: 13 births, rank #8,485
2015: 17 births, rank #6,977
20162016: 11 births, rank #9,411
2017: 13 births, rank #8,299
2018: 19 births, rank #6,248
2019: 10 births, rank #9,736
2020: 10 births, rank #9,546
20212021: 19 births, rank #6,174
2022: 16 births, rank #6,984
2023: 14 births, rank #7,640
2024: 11 births, rank #8,946
20252025: 13 births, rank #7,885
In 2025, 13 babies were recorded with the name Electra, ranking #7,885 among girls.