How Many People Are Named Bishop?
people named Bishop are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,286 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,091 babies named Bishop in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
237 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either from the English occupational surname, or else directly from the English word. It is ultimately derived from Greek επισκοπος (episkopos) "overseer".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bishop, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bishop alive today is about 18 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bishop first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 237 babies. In 2025, 180 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bishop has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #416, in 1890. In 2025 it ranked #1,188.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,188 |
| Best rank | #416 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,055 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bishop alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bishop were born in Texas than in any other state: about 576 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bishop was given 2.4 times as often in Georgia, 2.2 times in Oklahoma and 1.8 times in North Carolina.
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