Echo Boy & girl

How popular is Echo?

#2,326 girl name in 2025

78 baby girls were named Echo in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name. Another 45 boys got the name (#2,797 for boys).

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4,770living people named Echo (est.)
24median age of people named Echo
5,241babies named Echo since 1880
1 in 26,954US babies born in 2025

Echo popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#2,326 for girls (▼ 645 from 2024)
Babies in 202578 girls, 45 boys
10-year trendFalling (-31% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,831 in 2015, #1,668 in 2020
Peak year1984 (182 girls)
Highest rank#845 in 1983 (2 years at that rank)
First recorded1888
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)23% boys, 77% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Echo is most popular

Babies named Echo per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Montana: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  2. Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 girls)
  3. Missouri: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
  4. Utah: 0.2 per 1,000 (15 girls)
  5. Nevada: 0.2 per 1,000 (7 girls)

Echo by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1880s5#1,276
1890s30#1,091
1900s24#1,512
1910s128#1,634
1920s125#1,836
1930s35#3,143
1940s78#2,588
1950s129#2,473
1960s149#2,585
1970s397#1,543
1980s993#845
1990s600#1,984
2000s557#2,273
2010s841#1,831
2020s738#1,419

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Questions

Is Echo a boy or girl name?
Echo is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 23% of babies named Echo were boys and 77% were girls.
How popular is the name Echo?
78 baby girls were named Echo in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name. Another 45 boys got the name (#2,797 for boys).
When was Echo most popular?
Echo peaked in 1984, when 182 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #845, held for 2 years starting in 1983.
How many people are named Echo?
5,241 babies have been named Echo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,770 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
Where is Echo most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Echo was most common in Montana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.