Is Elektra a boy or girl name?

Elektra is a girl’s name. Of the 828 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Elektra

Recorded 1985–2025 · United States

Elektra was most popular in 2005, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,901 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 828 people named Elektra.

Elektra over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elektra’s peak in 2005. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elektra a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elektra is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 828 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Elektra

Where Elektra is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org