Bishop
Boy · BISH-up · English
Bishop is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “overseer”. In 2025 it ranked 1,188th for boys in the US (172 babies).
What does Bishop mean?
English: English word and surname, from Greek episkopos
“overseer”
From the English word for a senior Christian cleric, which goes back to Greek episkopos, 'overseer'.
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Is Bishop a girl's or a boy's name?
Bishop is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 172 boys in the US.
How popular is Bishop in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,188among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 172about 1 in 9,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were named Bishop, making it the 1,188th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 979th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 222 boys. 8 girls were also named Bishop in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bishop than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Bishop in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bishop in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | #1,188 |
| 2024 | 173 | #1,189 |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,176 |
| 2022 | 216 | #1,025 |
| 2021 | 222 | #987 |
| 2020 | 218 | #979 |
| 2019 | 198 | #1,041 |
| 2018 | 210 | #984 |
| 2017 | 206 | #990 |
| 2016 | 189 | #1,045 |
| 2015 | 208 | #991 |
| 2014 | 189 | #1,052 |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,144 |
| 2012 | 185 | #1,040 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,118 |
| 2010 | 163 | #1,137 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,063 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 168 | #1,088 |
| 2006 | 158 | #1,106 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,092 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,314 |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,121 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,169 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,037 |
| 1998 | 144 | #960 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,248 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,366 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,131 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,384 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,174 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,263 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,045 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,139 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,112 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,120 |
| 1915 | 40 | #996 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 17 | #616 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 15 | #615 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 19 | #415 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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