Bishop

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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

Babies named Bishop, by year of birthboys

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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

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.

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.