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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 200,908 of them was named Bishop, which outranked 36.9% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #10,107Zolah9
- #10,107Zuraya9
- #10,107Zyaira9
- #10,917Bishop8
- #10,917Aadhyareddy8
- #10,917Aaila8
- #10,917Aairah8
- #11,932Aalaiyah7
- #11,932Aalina7
- #11,932Aamani7
Tied with 1,014 names at #10,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 9,931 of them was named Bishop, which outranked 91.5% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).