girl's name
Echo
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 5,734
Echo is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 123 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2021, when 190 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 26,954 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1888.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Echo over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 |
| 1890s | 30 |
| 1900s | 24 |
| 1910s | 128 |
| 1920s | 125 |
| 1930s | 35 |
| 1940s | 78 |
| 1950s | 129 |
| 1960s | 149 |
| 1970s | 397 |
| 1980s | 993 |
| 1990s | 605 |
| 2000s | 571 |
| 2010s | 994 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 978 |
How popular is Echo?
In 2025, Echo was given to 123 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Echo is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Echo
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Echo also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Echo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Echo
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Echo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Echo
How popular is the name Echo?
In 2025, Echo was given to 123 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Echo a girl's or a boy's name?
Echo is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Echo?
Echo has 2 syllables.
When was Echo most popular?
Echo peaked in 2021, when 190 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Echo a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Echo currently ranks #2,331 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.