Enoch

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Enoch is ranked 718th among boys in 2024 (367 births). Its best rank was 202nd, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #718down 10 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3670.02% of boys
Peak year: 2023375 births
Best rank: #202in 1880
Since 1880: 12,759people given the name

Babies named Enoch, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

12,759 boys have been named Enoch in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 375 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2010s alone account for 22%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Enoch
1880s	404
1890s	345
1900s	248
1910s	832
1920s	943
1930s	669
1940s	630
1950s	588
1960s	455
1970s	604
1980s	556
1990s	689
2000s	1,378
2010s	2,771
2020s	1,647

In 2023, its biggest year

Enoch was the 708th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Enoch

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Enoc1,320 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.