Echo
About Echo
Although this is traditionally seen as a female name, via the classical mythological nymph who pined away for Narcissus until all that remained of her was a disembodied voice — it can also be used for boys. Remember that old song, 'Little sir echo, how do you do?'
Amanda Knox has a son named Echo and a daughter named Eureka.
Pronounced EK-oh.
As of October 2026, Echo ranked #2809 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2475 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #918.
Editor's take: The name Echo is a boy's name meaning "echo or sound".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,254 | 24 | 13 |
| 2018 | #4,644 | 21 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | #4,373 | 23 | 12.8 |
| 2020 | #3,219 | 35 | 20.3 |
| 2021 | #3,135 | 38 | 21.7 |
| 2022 | #2,475 | 56 | 32.1 |
| 2023 | #3,578 | 32 | 18.7 |
| 2024 | #3,529 | 32 | 18.6 |
| 2025 | #2,809 | 45 | 26.3 |
World rankings
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Echo on lists
Famous Echos
- Echo Kellum
American actor and comedian
Echo in pop culture
- Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln
main character from movie "The Island"
- Echo
character on animated series"Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
- Eko
character on TV's "Lost"
- Echo Skylander
character in video game "Skylanders Trap Team"
- Echo & the Bunnymen
British rock band
- "Echo Beach
" song by Martha and the Muffins in 1979, meaning far away in time
- Echo Park
neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, Ca., USA
- Lazarus Echo Reznor (b. 2011)
son of singer Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
- Ekko
character from animated series “Arcane"