Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Echo*

#2,407 most common girls' name of all time · #4,092 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1888–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#2,407
Rank overall
#4,092 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
5,241
Since 2016
1,428
Peak year
2021 #1,420
Best rank
#845 1984
Girls Boys peak 190/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Echo first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 78 45 123 #2,330
2024 121 33 154 #1,684
2023 136 32 168 #1,559
2022 128 57 185 #1,648
2021 152 38 190 #1,420
2020 123 35 158 #1,670
2019 95 23 118 #2,013
2018 98 21 119 #1,999
2017 72 24 96 #2,487
2016 102 15 117 #1,957
2015 113 13 126 #1,834
2014 89 14 103 #2,141
2013 66 14 80 #2,662
2012 72 10 82 #2,519
2011 69 13 82 #2,593
2010 65 6 71 #2,728
2009 56 6 62 #3,053
2008 53 8 61 #3,162
2007 67 — 67 #2,714
2006 46 — 46 #3,471
2005 47 — 47 #3,266
2004 60 — 60 #2,719
2003 56 — 56 #2,772
2002 51 — 51 #2,893
2001 53 — 53 #2,770
2000 68 — 68 #2,281
1999 62 — 62 #2,373
1998 74 — 74 #2,015
1997 58 — 58 #2,312
1996 45 5 50 #2,718
1995 53 — 53 #2,427
1994 58 — 58 #2,258
1993 54 — 54 #2,353
1992 60 — 60 #2,222
1991 68 — 68 #2,014
1990 68 — 68 #1,993
1989 74 — 74 #1,806
1988 89 — 89 #1,513
1987 66 — 66 #1,780
1986 101 — 101 #1,314
1985 115 — 115 #1,208
1984 182 — 182 #845
1983 181 — 181 #846
1982 60 — 60 #1,809
1981 61 — 61 #1,814
1980 64 — 64 #1,737
1979 75 — 75 #1,546
1978 26 — 26 #3,026
1977 29 — 29 #2,785
1976 40 — 40 #2,143
1975 52 — 52 #1,785
1974 36 — 36 #2,215
1973 29 — 29 #2,516
1972 36 — 36 #2,144
1971 44 — 44 #1,939
1970 30 — 30 #2,469
1969 26 — 26 #2,597
1968 17 — 17 #3,200
1967 10 — 10 #4,341
1966 17 — 17 #3,056
1965 9 — 9 #4,536
1964 15 — 15 #3,408
1963 16 — 16 #3,194
1962 11 — 11 #4,051
1961 11 — 11 #4,049
1960 17 — 17 #3,007
1959 13 — 13 #3,476
1958 15 — 15 #3,113
1957 11 — 11 #3,739
1956 17 — 17 #2,849
1955 14 — 14 #3,120
1954 12 — 12 #3,368
1953 14 — 14 #2,959
1952 16 — 16 #2,704
1951 17 — 17 #2,498
1949 12 — 12 #3,038
1948 15 — 15 #2,609
1947 8 — 8 #4,062
1946 13 — 13 #2,765
1945 5 — 5 #4,655
1943 10 — 10 #3,086
1941 7 — 7 #3,634
1940 8 — 8 #3,268
1939 8 — 8 #3,226
1938 5 — 5 #4,429
1936 5 — 5 #4,273
1934 5 — 5 #4,375
1932 7 — 7 #3,627
1931 5 — 5 #4,434
1929 8 — 8 #3,444
1928 13 — 13 #2,527
1927 9 — 9 #3,344
1926 5 — 5 #4,953
1925 6 — 6 #4,490
1924 15 — 15 #2,442
1923 17 — 17 #2,206
1922 22 — 22 #1,860
1921 12 — 12 #2,827
1920 18 — 18 #2,116
1919 20 — 20 #1,881
1918 17 — 17 #2,148
1917 14 — 14 #2,345
1916 21 — 21 #1,706
1915 10 — 10 #2,741
1914 9 — 9 #2,493
1913 10 — 10 #2,086
1912 9 — 9 #2,045
1911 9 — 9 #1,718
1910 9 — 9 #1,704
1907 8 — 8 #1,575
1906 6 — 6 #1,829
1903 5 — 5 #1,905
1901 5 — 5 #1,794
1897 5 — 5 #1,675
1895 5 — 5 #1,702
1894 7 — 7 #1,325
1893 8 — 8 #1,158
1892 5 — 5 #1,578
1888 5 — 5 #1,420