Electa
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #12,876
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,181since 1880
Electa over time
Rank among girls' names. Electa has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,189 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Electa was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Electa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 882 spots in 1904 (#1,592 → #710)
- Biggest drop: 667 spots in 1902 (#771 → #1,438)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #657 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1882–1888
- Highest: 1 in 11,473 girls born in 1904 were named Electa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,146 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #657 in 1886, was only 1 in 12,044 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.2% of all girls named Electa (238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 71 | #657 (1886) | #834 |
| 1890s | 132 | #667 (1890) | #871 |
| 1900s | 139 | #710 (1904) | #1,086 |
| 1910s | 238 | #1,030 (1910) | #1,340 |
| 1920s | 193 | #1,514 (1921) | #2,106 |
| 1930s | 80 | #2,023 (1930) | #2,708 |
| 1940s | 83 | #2,625 (1944) | #3,410 |
| 1950s | 110 | #2,652 (1950) | #3,784 |
| 1960s | 46 | #5,008 (1964) | #5,588 |
| 1970s | 22 | #7,388 (1971) | #8,706 |
| 1980s | 32 | #6,789 (1980) | #9,078 |
| 1990s | 11 | #12,688 (1999) | #12,918 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,432 (2002) | #15,432 |
| 2010s | 19 | #12,876 (2016) | #14,220 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Electa in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
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178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,862 of them was named Electa, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #793Sibyl11
- #793Zelda11
- #793Zoa11
- #837Electa10
- #837Aileen10
- #837Alicia10
- #837Allene10
- #894Abby9
- #894Aletha9
- #894Alverta9
Tied with 56 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.