Echo
Echo was the 2339th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 78 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 845th; the most babies were born in 1984 (182). Over the last ten years it has moved down 506 places. More babies were named Echo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,339 girls, down 671 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 78girls
- Girls and boys
- 75% girls, 25% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1984182 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,241babies recorded
Echo popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,339 | #2,809 | 78 | 45 |
| 2020 | #1,668 | #3,220 | 123 | 35 |
| 2010 | #2,735 | #11,137 | 65 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,288 | — | 68 | — |
| 1990 | #1,995 | — | 68 | — |
| 1980 | #1,738 | — | 64 | — |
| 1970 | #2,465 | — | 30 | — |
| 1960 | #3,020 | — | 17 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,291 | — | 8 | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | #2,096 | — | 18 | — |
| 1910 | #1,664 | — | 9 | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Echo, counting every spelling?
Echo has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Echo?
78 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Echo (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Echo born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 108 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Echo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Echo?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Echo are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 10 and 42. That makes Echo mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Echo by state
How common Echo was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wisconsin (3.1×), Missouri (2.4×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Echo: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Echo, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Echo
How popular is the name Echo?
Echo was the 2339th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 78 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 845th; the most babies were born in 1984 (182). Over the last ten years it has moved down 506 places. More babies were named Echo in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Echo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 75% girls, 25% boys given the name Echo in the US.
Where is Echo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Echo was most common in Montana (0.37 per 1,000 girls), followed by Wisconsin and Missouri.