first name
ENOCH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,166 people named Enoch, 35.2% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Black and 15.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Enoch peaked in 2023, when 376 babies got the name.
At least 13,118 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Enoch by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #582. The largest share of babies named Enoch, 31.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Enoch is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Enoch has been most common in Utah (5.2×), South Carolina (2.5×), and Georgia (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.18×).
7,027 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Enoch
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Enoch, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Enoch ranks #9,464 of 156,621, with 3,288 people. See Enoch as a last name
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