A method for producing an electronic component includes providing a piezoelectric main body, which is provided with electrodes. A first electric polarization field having a first polarity direction is applied to the piezoelectric main body between the two electrodes and then a second electric polarization field is applied in a second polarity direction, opposite to the first polarity direction, to the piezoelectric main body between the electrodes. The absolute value of the second electric polarization field differs from that of the first electric polarization field.