Given name & surname
Echo
“sound returned”
Echo is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “sound returned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “sound returned.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Echo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,241
- 412 boys · 4,829 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 190 babies
- 2025
- 123
- #2,339 for girls · #2,809 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 23% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 78 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,339 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 182 in 1984. It also appeared in 45 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,687 as a first name in 2020; 158 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Echo’s family of names
Echo has a related form in Ekow. Echo has a related form in Eko. Echo has a related form in Ecko.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Echo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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