NameTides

Bishop

Bishop was the #1,188 boys' name in the US in 2025 (172 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Bishop as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bishop as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Bishop as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,188 (172)—#3,153 (5)
2024#1,189 (173)—#1,909 (10)
2023#1,176 (174)—#1,592 (12)
2022#1,025 (216)—#1,284 (16)
2021#987 (222)—#1,406 (14)
2020#979 (218)—#1,176 (18)
2019#1,041 (198)—#1,375 (14)
2018#984 (210)—#1,219 (16)
2017#990 (206)—#1,308 (15)
2016#1,045 (189)—#1,346 (14)
2015#991 (208)—#1,041 (20)
2014#1,052 (189)—#1,936 (8)
2013#1,144 (158)—#1,380 (13)
2012#1,040 (185)—#1,257 (15)
2011#1,118 (163)—#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1890 at #415.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bishop is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,800 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bishop by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #829MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Bishop (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Bishop (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BishopCanadaBoys#3,1535
BishopEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BishopUSGirls#10,9178
BishopUSBoys#1,188172