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Eko

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One, single, through एक

Eko has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 2008. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% boys, 27% girls all-time.

Babies named Eko, 2024

1 in 478,000

Eko over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eko over time

In 2025, Eko went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

20082025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eko: meaning, origin, and history

One, single, through एक

Javanese

What Eko means

Eko belongs to the name family reached through Eko → एक. Its meaning is “one, single”.

Origin, language, and formation

Eko is used in Indonesian. Its origins include Javanese.

Eko comes through Javanese Eko and Sanskrit एक.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eka and एक.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Indonesian, Eko is pronounced /ˈeko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 30 boys were recorded with the name Eko between 2008 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2021; its best national rank was #6,814 in 2021.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Eko between 2021 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2025; its best national rank was #13,672 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 Eko?

Eko had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 478,000
7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 246,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
331,009 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eko sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ekos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eko was born before 2021 — so the typical Eko is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
83.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
30
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 83.3% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Eko 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2021 (12)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,814
2021

Eko around the world

Where Eko 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.

  • South Australia
    1979–1979
    #486
    in 1979

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Eko by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,814
2021
Peak year
2021
12 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
30
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,672
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#13,672
2025
Peak year
2025
6 that year
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Eko

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

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Sibling names for Eko

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

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