Echo
Echo is given to both girls and boys: 78 girls and 45 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,339 among girls’ names and #2,808 among boys’, #3,083 among all names counting both); 5,241 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,740 Americans named Echo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 8 and 42.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Echo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Echo?
#2,339 among girls’ names, 2025
Echo fell from #1,833 in 2015 to #2,339 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 63.3 to 48.5 per million.
190 babies in 2021, the peak
Echo peaked in 2021, when 190 babies were given it (152 girls, #1,421 among girls’ names). The 123 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 65% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,339 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,687 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,558 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,653 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 152 | #1,421 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,668 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,018 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 98 | #2,001 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,488 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,963 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 113 | #1,833 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,145 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,667 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,522 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,599 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,735 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,057 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,169 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,724 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,476 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,278 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,717 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,774 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,899 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,774 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,284 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,371 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,014 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,311 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,725 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,425 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,263 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,355 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 60 | #2,222 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,016 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,990 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,806 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 89 | #1,513 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,778 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 101 | #1,316 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 115 | #1,207 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 182 | #846 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 181 | #845 | 0.11 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,813 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,815 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,738 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,547 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,028 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,794 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,145 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,786 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,227 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,523 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,146 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,943 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,465 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,603 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,210 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,386 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,077 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,590 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,413 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,219 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,072 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,082 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,019 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,484 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,135 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,759 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,853 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,129 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,371 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,967 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,708 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,506 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,625 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,086 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,731 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,096 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,664 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,289 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,208 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,503 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,372 | under 0.01 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,447 | under 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,666 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,503 | under 0.01 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,465 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,360 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,042 | under 0.01 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,567 | under 0.01 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,436 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,849 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,817 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,096 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,869 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,133 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,346 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,747 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,478 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,066 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,021 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,664 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,538 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,748 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,620 | 0.02 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,661 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,264 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,339 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Echo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,241 Americans recorded as Echo, 92% are girls and 8% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Echo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Echo, and how old are they?
4,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 5,241 Americans ever recorded as Echo. The median Echo alive today is 24 years old; half are between 8 and 42.
The 2020 Census counted 3,687 people named Echo (3,442 women and girls, 245 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,867 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 24 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 193 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 506 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 989 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,730 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Echo born?
The states with the most babies named Echo are California, Texas and Georgia, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 16 | #2,145 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 9 | #2,268 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,596 | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Echo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Echo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Echo and names like it
- Compare Echo and TovaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEcho peaked in 2021.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Echo since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Echo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Echo alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.