Echo
- #2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births
- #2,798 for boys in 2025, 45 births
- Given to girls 92.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 182 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,829since 1888
Echo over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | #2,798 | 45 |
| 2024 | #1,681 | 121 | #3,455 | 33 |
| 2023 | #1,557 | 136 | #3,566 | 32 |
| 2022 | #1,648 | 128 | #2,438 | 57 |
| 2021 | #1,419 | 152 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #1,668 | 123 | #3,202 | 35 |
| 2019 | #2,011 | 95 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #1,997 | 98 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #2,487 | 72 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #1,956 | 102 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #1,831 | 113 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #2,661 | 66 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #2,589 | 69 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #2,726 | 65 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #2,710 | 67 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,469 | 46 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,013 | 74 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,220 | 60 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,804 | 74 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,513 | 89 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,776 | 66 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,314 | 101 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,207 | 115 | — | |
| 1984 | #845 | 182 | — | |
| 1983 | #845 | 181 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,807 | 60 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,735 | 64 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,543 | 75 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Echo! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Echo is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042
- California#2,093 · 1 in 17,969
- Texas#2,210 · 1 in 17,838
Best ever in a state: #98 in Wyoming, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
| Texas | #2,210 | 9 | 1 in 17,838 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Echo
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 658 spots since 2020 (#1,668 → #2,326)
- Biggest jump: 962 spots in 1983
- Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1985
Rise & fade · girls
96 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1984 at #845 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1983–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,230
- Highest: 1 in 9,230 girls born in 1983 were named Echo (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #845 in 1984, was only 1 in 9,252 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 20.6% of all girls named Echo (993) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,091 (1893) | #1,385 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,512 (1907) | #1,678 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,634 (1910) | #2,039 |
| 1920s | 125 | #1,836 (1922) | #2,971 |
| 1930s | 35 | #3,145 (1939) | #3,976 |
| 1940s | 78 | #2,589 (1948) | #3,337 |
| 1950s | 129 | #2,474 (1951) | #3,059 |
| 1960s | 149 | #2,585 (1969) | #3,515 |
| 1970s | 397 | #1,543 (1979) | #2,249 |
| 1980s | 993 | #845 (1984) | #1,466 |
| 1990s | 600 | #1,989 (1990) | #2,265 |
| 2000s | 557 | #2,277 (2000) | #2,905 |
| 2010s | 841 | #1,831 (2015) | #2,291 |
| 2020s | 738 | #1,419 (2021) | #1,717 |
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.
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