How rare is the name Echo?

3,687 people in the United States have the first name Echo, about 1 in 81,918. It ranks #4,867 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ECHO

#4,867

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,687
About
1 in 81,918
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,687 people named Echo, 73% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as two or more races and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Echo peaked in 2021, when 190 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
190
In 2025*
123 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,241 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Echo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,190. The largest share of babies named Echo, 33.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#2,60730
1900s#3,41524
1910s#3,550128
1920s#4,666125
1930s#7,45535
1940s#5,74578
1950s#5,080129
1960s#5,164149
1970s#3,410397
1980s#2,190993
1990s#3,766605
2000s#4,916571
2010s#3,564994
2020s#2,568978
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.9%
Silent Generation 1928–451.6%
Baby boom 1946–644.7%
Generation X 1965–8010.3%
Millennials 1981–9625.6%
Generation Z 1997–1219.1%
2013 and later33.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Echo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Echo has been most common in Montana (7.3×), Oregon (6×), and Washington (4.7×), and least common in Michigan (0.65×).

1,337 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Echo

1 other first name also has 3,687 people.

#4,867 Sari · 3,687

Either side of Echo

#4,865 Rekha · 3,689#4,866 Cassondra · 3,688#4,867 Sari · 3,687#4,869 Fadi · 3,686

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Echo, most common first.

#41,535 Ecko · 176

Also a last name

As a last name, Echo ranks #116,774 of 156,621, with 158 people. See Echo as a last name

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