# Echo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/echo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,241 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 412 / 4,829 (92% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 140, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 2,600 |
| 2012 | 72 | 2,522 |
| 2013 | 66 | 2,668 |
| 2014 | 89 | 2,145 |
| 2015 | 113 | 1,833 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1,963 |
| 2017 | 72 | 2,488 |
| 2018 | 98 | 2,001 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,018 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,668 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1,421 |
| 2022 | 128 | 1,653 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,558 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,687 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,339 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,340 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,000 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,083 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,428 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,862 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,255 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,644 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,374 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,220 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,136 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,448 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3,583 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,474 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,809 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Echo

- Echo Kellum, American actor and comedian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.