How Many People Are Named Echo?
people named Echo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 71,969 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,241 babies named Echo in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
190 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "echo" from the word for the repeating reflected sound, which derives from Greek ηχη (eche) "sound". In Greek mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Echo, 91.4% were girls and 8.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Echo fell from 100% in the 1910s to 75.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Echo alive today is about 25 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Echo first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 2021, to 190 babies. In 2025, 123 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Echo has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #845, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #2,339.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,339 |
| Best rank | #845 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,339 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Echo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Echo were born in California than in any other state: about 340 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Echo was given 5.3 times as often in Oregon, 3.8 times in Washington and 3.5 times in Utah.
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