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Enoc

Masculine · “dedicated”

1955high 2024
#2304 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare60 boys in 2025

Enoc is Enoch — dedicated, in Hebrew — and Genesis says he walked with God and then simply was not, for God took him.

How old is the name Enoc?

Enoc first appears in US birth records in 1955 — 70 years ago. The typical Enoc alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,400 people named Enoc are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Enoc most popular?

Enoc peaked in 2024, reaching #2057 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 247 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Enoc

The genealogy of Genesis 5 records each patriarch's death except Enoch, of whom it says only that he walked with God and was not, for God took him — five words that generated an entire body of later literature. Enoc is the Spanish form and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

dedicated, trained

From the Hebrew Chanokh, from a root meaning 'to dedicate' or 'to train up'. Genesis 5 has him live 365 years and then be taken without dying. Enoc is the Spanish spelling. The Hebrew is documented.

How the name formed

  1. Chanokh
  2. Enoch
  3. Enoc

Related forms: Enoc · Enoch · חנוך

Pronouncing Enoc

eh-NOK

Two syllables, stress on the second. English Enoch is EE-nuk with the stress at the front.

Nicknames for Enoc

Moderate

EnoThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
NocThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1955–202573370736019552025

US babies named Enoc per year from 1955 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#20571950s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1955
Most boys named
202473 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2057reached in 2024
Change vs 2024
−17.8%60 in 2025, from 73
Enoc sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 73 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Enoc in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Enoc in Spanish — same name
  • Enoch in English — spelling variant
  • חנוך in Hebrew — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.

Enocs among us

1,400

people named Enoc are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Enoc

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Enoc

#2304
Enoc on the 2025 chart
#850
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Enoc went to 60 boys in 2025, but Enock and Enok are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 78, which makes it the 850th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,454 places above the chart.

  • Enoc60
  • Enock11
  • Enok7

About 1 boy in 21,898 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,468 for Enoc itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Ankit test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Enoc's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ankit climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ankit's path sketches the road Enoc is walking now.

40%chance Enoc will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Enoc, aligned on its peakAnkit· peak 1986not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+40 yrsAnkit · #12022Enoc today
Enoc today is about where Ankit stood in 1987 — 1 year past a #2057-sized peak. By 2002, Ankit had settled around #4324.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Enoc sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Enoc is headed

19552030

US babies named Enoc per year, 1955 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Enoc looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.

Rising+15% by 2030projected around #2,233 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Enoc beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Enoc in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Enocthis name60#2304Zian60#2304Paris60#2304Joab60#2304Lex60#2304

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the text says only 'he was not, for God took him' is a first-rate five words.
  • The dedicated meaning is transparent and undisputed.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Enoch is the standard English spelling and is said differently.
  • It reads as specifically Spanish-speaking.
  • It is genuinely rare and will be asked about.

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Frequently asked

How many Enocs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Enoc are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Enoc?
Enoc is the most-used spelling in US records — 60 of the 78 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Enock and Enok.
How popular is the name Enoc in 2025?
Enoc ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Enoc?
About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Enoc — 60 in all.
Will my child share the name Enoc with classmates?
Enoc will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Enoc

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