Echo
63% girls · 37% boys
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?'
Echo for boys#2809 US
Amanda Knox has a son named Echo and a daughter named Eureka.
Echo for girls#2339 US
Echo, the pretty, resonant name of a legendary nymph, was the heroine of Joss Whedon's sci-fi series Dollhouse. Nick Hexum, of the band 311, named his daughter Echo Love.
In the Greek myth, Echo was a nymph whose unrequited love for Narcissus caused her to fade away until all that was left was the sound of her voice. Obviously, a name with a lot of reverberations.
Pronounced EK-oh.
As of October 2026, Echo ranked #2809 for boys and #2339 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2475 for boys in 2022 and #845 for girls in 1983, Nameberry popularity #783 for boys.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,145 | 89 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,832 | 113 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,962 | 102 |
| 2017 | #4,254 | 24 | #2,487 | 72 |
| 2018 | #4,644 | 21 | #2,000 | 98 |
| 2019 | #4,373 | 23 | #2,017 | 95 |
| 2020 | #3,219 | 35 | #1,666 | 123 |
| 2021 | #3,135 | 38 | #1,421 | 152 |
| 2022 | #2,475 | 56 | #1,650 | 128 |
| 2023 | #3,578 | 32 | #1,558 | 136 |
| 2024 | #3,529 | 32 | #1,693 | 120 |
| 2025 | #2,809 | 45 | #2,339 | 78 |
World rankings
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Famous Echos
- Echo KellumBoy
American actor and comedian
- Echo GilletteGirl
American YouTuber
- (Marvel) Echo Star HelstromGirl
Bob Dylan's high school sweetheart who inspired the song "Girl from the North Country"
- Echo Leta JohnsonGirl
American model
- EchoGirl
English name of Taiwanese author Sanmao
- Echo Love Hexum (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of American singer Nick Hexum
Echo in pop culture
- Lincoln Six Echo/Tom LincolnBoy
main character from movie "The Island"
- EchoBoy
character on animated series"Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
- EkoBoy
character on TV's "Lost"
- Echo SkylanderBoy
character in video game "Skylanders Trap Team"
- Echo & the BunnymenBoy
British rock band
- "Echo BeachBoy
" song by Martha and the Muffins in 1979, meaning far away in time
- Echo ParkBoy
neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, Ca., USA
- Lazarus Echo Reznor (b. 2011)Boy
son of singer Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
- EkkoBoy
character from animated series “Arcane"
- EchoGirl
Greek nymph cursed by Hera to only be able to repeat what she hears
- EchoGirl
character on TV's "Dollhouse"
- Echo DiSavoyGirl
character on American soap opera One Life to Live
- Echo ZizzleswiftGirl
character on TV's "Mr Young"
- EchoGirl
various DC Comics characters
- Echo aka Maya LopezGirl
character in Marvel's Daredevil comics
- EchoGirl
character from movie "Every Which Way But Loose"
- Echo EmersonGirl
character from the novel "Pushing the Limits"
- EchoGirl
Skylander from video game "Skylanders Trap Team"
- Echo ParkGirl
neighborhood of Los Angeles
- EchosmithGirl
American band
- EchoGirl
character on the CW's show "The 100"
- EchoGirl
robot hero in the video game Overwatch