Given name & surname
Ekko
“sound returned”
Ekko is a variant of Echo. One Greek interpretation is “sound returned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ekko is a variant of Echo. One Greek interpretation is “sound returned.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ekko is a variant of Echo. An origin associated with Echo is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ekko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138
- 71 boys · 67 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #6,910 for boys · #9,627 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +88%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,910 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 10 birth records for girls in 2025.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ekko’s family of names
Ekko has a related form in Echo. In Greek usage, Ekko as a surname is a transliteration of Έκκο.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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