Bishop
Bishop was given to 172 boys in 2025, #1,188 among boys’ names; 7,091 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,750 Americans named Bishop and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 7 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bishop by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bishop mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bishop is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈbɪʃəp/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bishop?
#1,188 among boys’ names, 2025
Bishop fell from #991 in 2015 to #1,188 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.11 to 0.10 per 1,000.
237 babies in 2021, the peak
Bishop peaked in 2021, when 237 babies were given it (222 boys, #988 among boys’ names). The 180 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 76% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | #1,188 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 173 | #1,189 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,177 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 216 | #1,026 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 222 | #988 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 218 | #979 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 198 | #1,041 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 210 | #986 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 206 | #990 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 189 | #1,045 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 208 | #991 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 189 | #1,052 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,144 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 185 | #1,040 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,118 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 163 | #1,137 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,063 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,092 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 168 | #1,089 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 158 | #1,106 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,092 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,316 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,121 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,169 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,141 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,038 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 144 | #960 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,250 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,366 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,252 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,131 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,001 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,822 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,792 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,627 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,476 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,011 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,460 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,859 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,592 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,976 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,848 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,184 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,877 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,474 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,233 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,922 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,684 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,091 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,586 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,099 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,654 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,169 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,083 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,129 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,014 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,481 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,800 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,880 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,212 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,040 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,112 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,842 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,522 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,102 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,611 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,686 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,834 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,514 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,943 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,843 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,821 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,759 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,562 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,602 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,514 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,381 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,485 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,918 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,806 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,235 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,175 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,750 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,388 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,139 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,528 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,682 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,326 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,159 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 40 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 25 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 12 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 11 | #987 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 15 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 10 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 17 | #620 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 12 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 15 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,075 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 9 | #790 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 9 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 18 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 7 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 14 | #578 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 12 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 20 | #441 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 10 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 6 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 11 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 11 | #643 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 19 | #416 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 10 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 11 | #617 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 8 | #706 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 12 | #552 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 11 | #575 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 10 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 11 | #580 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 8 | #660 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 12 | #535 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bishop a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,091 Americans recorded as Bishop, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 girls and 172 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Bishop: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bishop, and how old are they?
5,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 7,091 Americans ever recorded as Bishop. The median Bishop alive today is 15 years old; half are between 7 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 4,270 people named Bishop (128 women and girls, 4,142 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,682 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 65 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 202 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 134 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 460 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,270 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,620 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bishop born?
The states with the most babies named Bishop are Texas, California and Oklahoma, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 24 | #979 | 1.0× |
| California | 11 | #1,518 | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #469 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,002 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 8 | #948 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 8 | #838 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 8 | #716 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 7 | #854 | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 7 | #886 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,129 | 0.8× |
Where Bishop is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bishop is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bishop with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bishop
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bishop and names like it
- Compare Bishop and TurnerBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBishop peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bishop since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Bishop: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Bishop.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Bishop alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.