Given name & surname
Ece
“the queen”
Ece is a unisex given name from Proto-Turkic, meaning “the queen.” It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ece through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95
- 0 boys · 95 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,196 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,196 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 326 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Ece
- Ece TemelkuranTurkish journalist and newscaster (born 1973)
- Ece ÇeşmioğluTurkish actor (born 1990)
- Ece SeçkinTurkish singer (born 1991)
- Ece AyhanTurkish poet and writer (1931–2002)
- Ece UsluTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1974)
- Ece İrtemTurkish actress (1991–2026)
- Ece YükselTurkish actor (born 1997)
- Ece DizdarTurkish actor (born 1979)
- Ece HocaoğluTurkish volleyball player (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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