Bishop

Boy name

Bishop has been given to 7,091 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2021.

Meaning & origin /ˈbɪʃəp/

From bishop.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

7,091

Peak year

2021 (237 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -13%

Gender split

2% girls / 98% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Bishop.

7,075 babies since 1998

7,108 babies since 1913

7,064 babies since 1884

7,063 babies since 1948

7,031 babies since 1983

7,160 babies since 1913

7,164 babies since 1881

7,165 babies since 1970

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