Ece

#11,192 in 2025Girls' name

The queen

Ece has been given to 95 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #11,192 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Ece, 2025

1 in 414,000

Ece over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ece: meaning, origin, and history

The queen

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ece means

Ece means “the queen”, associated with eče.

Origin, language, and formation

Ece is used in Turkish.

Ece comes through Proto-Turkic *eče.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 95 girls were recorded with the name Ece between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2009; its best national rank was #11,192 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,389 in 2015 to #11,192 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ece?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #11,192; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ece sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ece. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eces were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ece was born before 2011 — so the typical Ece is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 46.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 95; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 46.3% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Ece rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,197; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.14×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 88.9%; Peak was 2009 (9)
Years since peak: 16; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,192; 2025

Ece around the world

Where Ece ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2024
#4,193
in 2024
France
1998–2023
#7,418
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ece by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #11,192
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #11,192; 2025
Peak year: 2009; 9 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 95
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Ece

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ece

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnie Sydni Rhianna Alysa Shyann Jacquelin Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Gavyn Jerimiah Jarod Keven Jamarcus

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