Bishop
Bishop is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 171 births. Its best rank was 416th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1710.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021222 births
- Best rank
- #416in 1890
- Since 1880
- 6,805people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,805 boys have been named Bishop in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 222 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bishop | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | |
| 1890s | 110 | |
| 1900s | 111 | |
| 1910s | 274 | |
| 1920s | 313 | |
| 1930s | 187 | |
| 1940s | 200 | |
| 1950s | 173 | |
| 1960s | 104 | |
| 1970s | 96 | |
| 1980s | 102 | |
| 1990s | 756 | |
| 2000s | 1,417 | |
| 2010s | 1,868 | |
| 2020s | 1,001 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Bishop was the 988th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Bishop
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Turnerpeak 2019
- Porterpeak 2015
- Simonpeak 2015
- Andersonpeak 2012
- Cyruspeak 2024
- Lucianpeak 2024
- Solomonpeak 2016
- Ephraimpeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.