Enoch
Enoch was given to 348 boys in 2025, #746 among boys’ names; 13,118 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,930 Americans named Enoch and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 7 and 36.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Enoch by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Enoch mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Enoch is “a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.”
From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
/ˈiːnək/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Enoch?
#746 among boys’ names, 2025
Enoch rose from #785 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.15 to 0.20 per 1,000.
376 babies in 2023, the peak
Enoch peaked in 2023, when 376 boys were given it, #706 among boys’ names. The 348 births of 2025 are 93% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 348 | #746 | 0.20 |
| 2024 | 372 | #712 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 376 | #706 | 0.22 |
| 2022 | 307 | #811 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 304 | #805 | 0.17 |
| 2020 | 297 | #785 | 0.17 |
| 2019 | 300 | #777 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 318 | #746 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 314 | #750 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 343 | #713 | 0.18 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 297 | #785 | 0.15 |
| 2014 | 337 | #715 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 257 | #833 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 196 | #1,008 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 214 | #932 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 196 | #1,000 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,107 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 158 | #1,147 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 150 | #1,181 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,324 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,119 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,165 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,064 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,078 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,254 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,235 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,330 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,479 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 68 | #1,521 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 73 | #1,425 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,626 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,336 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 66 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,523 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,527 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 51 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 50 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 49 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,209 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 72 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,151 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 76 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 70 | #967 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,278 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,121 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 60 | #993 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,263 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,204 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,168 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,243 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,242 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,286 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 60 | #989 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 61 | #993 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,182 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,063 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,041 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 57 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 67 | #910 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 60 | #955 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 60 | #916 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 63 | #884 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 67 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 51 | #974 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 64 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 57 | #924 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 75 | #768 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 60 | #800 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 78 | #702 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 64 | #824 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 59 | #853 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 60 | #821 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 62 | #789 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 49 | #895 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 53 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 58 | #809 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 72 | #701 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 64 | #773 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 73 | #717 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 69 | #736 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 70 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 68 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 93 | #638 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 75 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 83 | #699 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 90 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 89 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 81 | #719 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 106 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 105 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 93 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 111 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 110 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 112 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 122 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 126 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 101 | #571 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 89 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 76 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 67 | #524 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 59 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 44 | #441 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 36 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 24 | #535 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 25 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 21 | #520 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 28 | #415 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 24 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 22 | #457 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 26 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1902 | 22 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 20 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1900 | 36 | #367 | 0.24 |
| 1899 | 41 | #273 | 0.39 |
| 1898 | 30 | #354 | 0.24 |
| 1897 | 24 | #388 | 0.21 |
| 1896 | 29 | #358 | 0.24 |
| 1895 | 39 | #283 | 0.33 |
| 1894 | 35 | #296 | 0.30 |
| 1893 | 30 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1892 | 27 | #372 | 0.22 |
| 1891 | 43 | #243 | 0.42 |
| 1890 | 47 | #247 | 0.42 |
| 1889 | 33 | #296 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 30 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1887 | 23 | #343 | 0.23 |
| 1886 | 50 | #238 | 0.45 |
| 1885 | 43 | #253 | 0.40 |
| 1884 | 30 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1883 | 44 | #241 | 0.42 |
| 1882 | 47 | #246 | 0.41 |
| 1881 | 44 | #229 | 0.44 |
| 1880 | 60 | #202 | 0.54 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Enoch a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Enoch has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Enoch: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Enoch, and how old are they?
8,930 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 13,118 Americans ever recorded as Enoch. The median Enoch alive today is 15 years old; half are between 7 and 36.
The 2020 Census counted 7,166 people named Enoch (31 women and girls, 7,135 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,370 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 221 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 699 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 779 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 906 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,190 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,140 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Enoch born?
The states with the most babies named Enoch are California, Texas and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 41 | #671 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 36 | #756 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 21 | #736 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 20 | #522 | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #613 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 14 | #658 | 1.1× |
| Indiana | 14 | #494 | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 12 | #607 | 0.8× |
| New York | 10 | #1,152 | 0.5× |
| Utah | 10 | #446 | 2.3× |
Where Enoch is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Enoch is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Enoch with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Enoch
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Enoch and names like it
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Enoch since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Enoch: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Enoch.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Enoch alive today were born 2013-2025.
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