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

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Peak · boys
#415
1890 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,980
since 1880

Bishop over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bishop has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #415, 1890boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#1,188172
2024#9,55610#1,189173
2023#10,3129#1,176174
2022#8,03213#1,025216
2021#7,25015#987222
2020#7,21215#979218
2019#6,69817#1,041198
2018#8,14613#984210
2017#14,1246#990206
2016—#1,045189
2015—#991208
2014—#1,052189
2013—#1,144158
2012—#1,040185
2011—#1,118163
2010—#1,137163
2009—#1,063175
2008—#1,090170
2007—#1,088168
2006—#1,106158
2005—#1,093151
2004—#1,316112
2003#15,7845#1,122136
2002—#1,244109
2001—#1,171117
2000—#1,142121
1999—#1,039133
1998—#962144
1997—#1,25192
1996—#1,36878
1995—#1,25686
1994—#1,135100
1993—#1,63854
1992—#2,00239
1991—#3,81315
1990—#3,77915
1989—#3,61815
1988—#4,45010
1987—#4,9688
1986—#3,44013
1985—#5,7856
1984—#4,5528
1983—#4,9077
1982—#2,83116
1981—#4,1539
1980—#3,83810
1979—#2,46519
1978—#3,21512
1977—#2,91014
1976—#5,5875
1975—#3,07812
1974—#3,5589
1973—#4,0547
1972—#3,6228
1971—#3,14610
1970——
1969—#3,0629
1968—#3,1078
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,46511
1965—#2,7809
1964—#2,8549
1963—#2,20014
1962—#2,03516
1961—#2,40912
1960—#3,0778
1959—#2,8219
1958—#2,50611
1957—#2,09315
1956—#1,60824
1955—#1,68221
1954—#1,82618
1953—#1,50825
1952—#1,93916
1951—#1,83817
1950—#1,81517
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,55922
1947—#1,59922
1946—#1,50922
1945—#1,37823
1944—#1,48321
1943—#1,91015
1942—#1,79916
1941—#1,23029
1940—#2,08112
1939—#2,15911
1938—#1,74116
1937—#1,48121
1936—#1,38423
1935—#1,58419
1934—#2,12112
1933—#1,64418
1932—#1,54821
1931—#1,36126
1930—#1,64420
1929—#1,52323
1928—#1,70720
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,17437
1925—#1,67921
1924—#1,26333
1923—#1,32230
1922—#1,15838
1921—#1,04545
1920—#1,11940
1919—#1,13937
1918—#1,11238
1917—#1,39625
1916—#1,12034
1915—#99640
1914—#1,01930
1913—#1,07522
1912—#89225
1911—#98212
1910—#98111
1909—#71415
1908—#87710
1907—#61617
1906—#70912
1905—#61515
1904—#1,0646
1903—#7839
1902—#7949
1901——
1900—#57818
1899—#8577
1898—#57314
1897—#61512
1896—#43820
1895—#68510
1894—#9546
1893—#61511
1892—#64111
1891——
1890—#41519
1889—#62810
1888—#60911
1887——
1886—#6948
1885—#54712
1884—#57011
1883—#59710
1882—#57611
1881—#6538
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #415 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1892–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,843
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Bishop (1,869) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s93#526 (1880)#600
1890s110#415 (1890)#644
1900s111#578 (1900)#750
1910s274#892 (1912)#1,071
1920s313#1,045 (1921)#1,346
1930s187#1,361 (1931)#1,667
1940s200#1,230 (1941)#1,630
1950s173#1,508 (1953)#1,964
1960s104#2,035 (1962)#2,697
1970s96#2,465 (1979)#3,515
1980s102#2,831 (1982)#4,254
1990s756#962 (1998)#1,824
2000s1,417#1,063 (2009)#1,144
2010s1,869#984 (2018)#1,054
2020s1,175#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 2023

girls
#10,312
9 births · 1 in 178,287 girls
boys
#1,176
174 births · 1 in 9,831 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #10,312Bishop9

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #1,176Bishop174
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 178,287 of them was named Bishop, which outranked 41.5% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bishop
  1. #9,616Zuhal10
  2. #9,616Zuleymi10
  3. #9,616Zuzanna10
  4. #10,312Bishop9
  5. #10,312Aadvika9
  6. #10,312Aakifah9
  7. #10,312Aava9
  8. #11,169Aaditri8
  9. #11,169Aadriti8
  10. #11,169Aaila8

Tied with 856 names at #10,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 9,831 of them was named Bishop, which outranked 91.7% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bishop
  1. #1,172Davian175
  2. #1,172Gilbert175
  3. #1,172Gray175
  4. #1,176Bishop174
  5. #1,176Andreas174
  6. #1,176Cashton174
  7. #1,176Cory174
  8. #1,184Amado173
  9. #1,185Isa171
  10. #1,185Kruz171

Tied with 7 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2023 →