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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Montana#200 · 1 in 527
- Oregon#428 · 1 in 1,717
- Utah#499 · 1 in 2,116
- Minnesota#571 · 1 in 2,476
- Wisconsin#660 · 1 in 3,068
Best ever in a state: #98 in Wyoming, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #200 | 5 | 1 in 527 |
| Oregon | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,717 |
| Utah | #499 | 8 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Minnesota | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Wisconsin | #660 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Ohio | #900 | 10 | 1 in 4,861 |
| Missouri | #948 | 5 | 1 in 4,946 |
| Michigan | #1,241 | 5 | 1 in 7,667 |
| California | #1,285 | 20 | 1 in 8,726 |
| Florida | #1,849 | 6 | 1 in 13,933 |
| New York | #1,876 | 6 | 1 in 13,542 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 645 spots since 2024 (#1,681 → #2,326)
- 658 spots since 2020 (#1,668 → #2,326)
- 495 spots since 2015 (#1,831 → #2,326)
- Biggest jump: 962 spots in 1983 (#1,807 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1985 (#845 → #1,207)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1984 at #845 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1983–1984
- 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
- 20.6% of all girls named Echo (993) were born in this decade
- 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.
Echo in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 10,795 of them was named Echo, which outranked 92.0% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,416Blayke153
- #1,416Inaaya153
- #1,416Rori153
- #1,419Echo152
- #1,419Anyla152
- #1,419Clarke152
- #1,419Grecia152
- #1,426Aranza151
- #1,426Emeri151
- #1,426Montserrat151
Tied with 6 names at #1,419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 46,039 of them was named Echo, which outranked 77.9% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,074Wilfred39
- #3,074Zak39
- #3,074Zubair39
- #3,121Echo38
- #3,121Aaden38
- #3,121Abbott38
- #3,121Abiel38
- #3,180Abdallah37
- #3,180Alasdair37
- #3,180Alexavier37
Tied with 58 names at #3,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.