Bishop
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,188 for boys in 2025, 172 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,980since 1880
Bishop over time
Rank among boys' names. Bishop has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,188 | 172 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,189 | 173 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,176 | 174 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #1,025 | 216 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #987 | 222 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #979 | 218 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #1,041 | 198 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #984 | 210 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #990 | 206 |
| 2016 | — | #1,045 | 189 | |
| 2015 | — | #991 | 208 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,052 | 189 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,144 | 158 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,040 | 185 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,118 | 163 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,137 | 163 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,063 | 175 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,090 | 170 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,088 | 168 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,106 | 158 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,093 | 151 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,316 | 112 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,122 | 136 |
| 2002 | — | #1,244 | 109 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,171 | 117 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,142 | 121 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,039 | 133 | |
| 1998 | — | #962 | 144 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,251 | 92 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,368 | 78 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,256 | 86 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,135 | 100 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,638 | 54 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,002 | 39 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,644 | 18 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,644 | 20 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,707 | 20 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,174 | 37 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,263 | 33 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,045 | 45 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,119 | 40 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,139 | 37 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,112 | 38 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,396 | 25 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,120 | 34 | |
| 1915 | — | #996 | 40 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #616 | 17 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #615 | 15 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bishop was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bishop
- 1 spot since 2024 (#1,189 → #1,188)
- 209 spots since 2020 (#979 → #1,188)
- 197 spots since 2015 (#991 → #1,188)
- Biggest jump: 449 spots in 1905 (#1,064 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1894 (#615 → #954)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #415 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1892–1900
- Highest: 1 in 5,843 boys born in 1890 were named Bishop (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,931 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Bishop (1,869) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #526 (1880) | #600 |
| 1890s | 110 | #415 (1890) | #644 |
| 1900s | 111 | #578 (1900) | #750 |
| 1910s | 274 | #892 (1912) | #1,071 |
| 1920s | 313 | #1,045 (1921) | #1,346 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,361 (1931) | #1,667 |
| 1940s | 200 | #1,230 (1941) | #1,630 |
| 1950s | 173 | #1,508 (1953) | #1,964 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,697 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,465 (1979) | #3,515 |
| 1980s | 102 | #2,831 (1982) | #4,254 |
| 1990s | 756 | #962 (1998) | #1,824 |
| 2000s | 1,417 | #1,063 (2009) | #1,144 |
| 2010s | 1,869 | #984 (2018) | #1,054 |
| 2020s | 1,175 | #979 (2020) | #1,091 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bishop in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 24,477 of them was named Bishop, which outranked 79.0% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,026Sumner46
- #1,026Wellington46
- #1,026Weston46
- #1,045Bishop45
- #1,045Auther45
- #1,045Boris45
- #1,045Christ45
- #1,058Denis44
- #1,058Deward44
- #1,058Guillermo44
Tied with 12 names at #1,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.