Echo
Unisex · EK-oh · Greek
Unisex
Echo is a name of Greek origin, meaning “echo, sound”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Echo mean?
Greek: Greek mythological name, also an English word
“echo, sound”
In Greek myth the nymph Echo could only repeat others' words and pined away for Narcissus.
- Say it
- EK-oh
Is Echo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Echo has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 78 girls and 45 boys in the US.
How popular is Echo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Echo, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls. 4 boys were also named Echo in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Echo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Echo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Echo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Echo, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,668th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888. 45 boys were also named Echo in 2025 (2,797th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Echo than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Echo in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were given Echo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
- Echo 78
- Ekko 10
Girls were 90% of the babies named Echo in the US in 1996, and 63% in 2025.
Echo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,557 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,648 |
| 2021 | 152 | #1,419 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,668 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 98 | #1,997 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,139 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,660 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,726 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,010 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,346 |
| 1992 | 60 | #2,215 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,984 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,800 |
| 1988 | 89 | #1,512 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,775 |
| 1986 | 101 | #1,314 |
| 1985 | 115 | #1,207 |
| 1984 | 182 | #845 |
| 1983 | 181 | #845 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,807 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,809 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,543 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,780 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
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