Echo

Echo: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “reflected sound”
Origin: Greek
Say it: EK-oh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (93% of all uses)

From Greek Ēkhō, the name of the nymph Echo in Greek mythology. It entered English as a word name and occasional given name.

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How popular is Echo?

202446.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Echo in 2024152

2024 rank#1,690 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18805,115

Echo is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Echo

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Elenabright, shining light · Greek
Genesisorigin; creation; birth · Greek
Zoeylife · Greek

Echo questions

What does the name Echo mean?

Echo means "reflected sound". It comes from Greek. From Greek Ēkhō, the name of the nymph Echo in Greek mythology. It entered English as a word name and occasional given name.

Is Echo a boy or girl name?

Echo is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Echo?

152 US babies were named Echo in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Echo?

Echo is usually pronounced EK-oh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.