girls:
4.6k births since 1888
#2499 (56th percentile)
boys:
333 births since 1996
#4253 (7th percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1888
#3877 (50th percentile)
The name Echo is the #3,877 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,960 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 49.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,499 (56.3% percentile) for all time with 4,627 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,253 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 333 births since 1996.
Echo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Echo is available in 117 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (117 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Echo has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 81.0% of babies named Echo were girls.
For girls, Echo reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 22.7% percentile (ranked #599) with 101 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 101 births per million (ranked 22.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Echo ranks #816 for girls (13.8% percentile) with 78 births per million, which is 76.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Echo reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #873) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Echo ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 58.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Echo".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Echo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Echo is pronounced as EH-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-koh, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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