# Enoch (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/enoch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːnək/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,118 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,118 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 606, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 214 | 932 |
| 2012 | 196 | 1,008 |
| 2013 | 257 | 833 |
| 2014 | 337 | 715 |
| 2015 | 297 | 785 |
| 2016 | 343 | 713 |
| 2017 | 314 | 750 |
| 2018 | 318 | 746 |
| 2019 | 300 | 777 |
| 2020 | 297 | 785 |
| 2021 | 304 | 805 |
| 2022 | 307 | 811 |
| 2023 | 376 | 706 |
| 2024 | 372 | 712 |
| 2025 | 348 | 746 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,063 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## People named Enoch

- Enoch Powell, British politician (1912–1998)
- Enoch L. Johnson, American political boss and racketeer (1883-1968)
- James Enoch Hill, American sports shooter (1929-2018)
- Enoch Heinrich Kisch, Czech gynaecologist (1841–1918)
- Enoch West, English footballer (1886-1965)
- Enoch Louis Lowe, American politician (1820-1892)
- Enoch Light, American musician (1905–1978)
- Enoch zu Guttenberg, German conductor (1946-2018)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.