Recorded 1964–1973 Girls' name Peak 1968 20 births

Echelle — girls' name

20 babies named Echelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s151970s5
1960s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Echelle was born in this single decade.

1968
Single peak year

9 babies were named Echelle in 1968 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Echelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Echelle between 1964 and 1973, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Echelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Echelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Echelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Echelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Echelle at a glance

Last recorded 1973

Total births

20

Since 1964

10 years of records

Peak year

1968

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1973

Active since

1964

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 1973

Echelle popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1964

Last recorded 1973
Peak year (1968)
9
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
45678910 197319681964 6

Echelle by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
15 births that decade — 75% of Echelle's all-time total
1960s151970s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Echelle?
20 babies have been named Echelle since 1964. It was last recorded in 1973. The peak year was 1968 with 9 births.
When was Echelle most popular?
Echelle was most popular in the 1960s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1968.
How long has the name Echelle been used?
Echelle has been recorded in Social Security data since 1964, spanning 10 years of data through 1973.
What names are similar to Echelle?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Echo, Echoe. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.