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Enoch

#746 in 2025Boys' name

Dedicated

Enoch has been given to 13,118 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #746 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 376 recorded.

Babies named Enoch, 2025

1 in 9,530

Enoch over time, 1880–2025

Boys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Enoch: meaning, origin, and history

Dedicated

Hebrew

What Enoch means

Enoch means “dedicated”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Enoch (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Enoch is used in English and Italian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Enoch comes through Late Latin Enoch, Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ and Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Enoch is pronounced /ˈiːnək/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,118 boys were recorded with the name Enoch between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 376 in 2023; its best national rank was #202 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #785 in 2020 to #746 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #785 in 2015 to #746 in 2025.

How common is Enoch?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,530
348 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,910
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#746
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,604 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Enoch 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 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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,604 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Enoch. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Enochs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Enoch was born before 1994 — so the typical Enoch is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
21.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
46.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
9,047
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 21.1% of all recorded uses (2,772).

Is Enoch 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
−34
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+39
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+39
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.17×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
92.6%
Peak was 2023 (376)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#202
1880

Spellings of Enoch

Enoch is not the most common spelling — Noah is, with 94.6% against Enoch's 2.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Enoch is used

Across 2016–2025, Enoch was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 2,083 boys, against 1 in 5,270 across all states with data. It was least common in Nevada (1 in 25,000).

448 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 2,083
  2. 2Maryland1 in 3,704
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 3,704
  4. 4Washington1 in 3,704
  5. 5Missouri1 in 3,846
  6. 6California1 in 4,000
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 4,167
  8. 8Colorado1 in 4,348

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Enoch is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 47% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Enoch around the world

Where Enoch 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
    1997–2025
    #811
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2006–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2002–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    2000–2025
    #3,872
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #977
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1962–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Enoch

People whose public names include Enoch, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Enoch in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Enoch. Linked forms have their own page here.

EnokEenokEenokki

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Enoch by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#746
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 39
Best rank ever
#202
1880
Peak year
2023
376 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,118
Count in 2025
348

Names similar to Enoch

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

EnosEnocEnockTenochEnokLochRochChanochEnoshEnoMurdochFochBrochHenochEnoeHanoch

Names with a curve like Enoch

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Enoch, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

FletcherAbnerAldenAugustusEdisonAugustineEmmittMurphyLeightonCarmeloLucianRansom

Sibling names for Enoch

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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