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Bishop: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 172 in 2025. Its best rank was #416 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #416 in 1890; #1,188 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Bishop in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,188 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #416.
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Bishop: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 172 boys in 2025. Peak: #416 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 222 (2021).
In 2025, 172 US boys were named Bishop, making it the 1,188th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #1,189 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 173 boys named Bishop in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #416, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 222, in 2021. For comparison, it was #991 in 2015 and #1,822 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bishop in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 7,091 US babies have been given the name, 1.6% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,905 babies named Bishop.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,978 US boys were named Bishop; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 222. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,931 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bishop ranked highest in Oklahoma in 2025, at #469 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 9 | #469 | #519 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #676 | — |
| Indiana | 8 | #716 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #838 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #854 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #865 | #799 |
| Virginia | 7 | #886 | #894 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #948 | #902 |
| Texas | 24 | #979 | #918 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,002 | #666 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,017 | #641 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,129 | #914 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,260 | #943 |
| California | 11 | #1,518 | #897 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,874 | #1,286 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,106 | 172 | #1,188 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,669 | 173 | #1,189 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,454 | 174 | #1,177 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,117 | 216 | #1,026 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,320 | 222 | #988 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,280 | 218 | #979 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,758 | 198 | #1,041 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,231 | 210 | #986 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,426 | 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 | #1,092 |
| 2007 | — | — | 168 | #1,089 |
| 2006 | — | — | 158 | #1,106 |
| 2005 | — | — | 151 | #1,093 |
| 2004 | — | — | 112 | #1,318 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,139 | 136 | #1,122 |
| 2002 | — | — | 109 | #1,244 |
| 2001 | — | — | 117 | #1,171 |
| 2000 | — | — | 121 | #1,143 |
| 1999 | — | — | 133 | #1,040 |
| 1998 | — | — | 144 | #962 |
| 1997 | — | — | 92 | #1,253 |
| 1996 | — | — | 78 | #1,368 |
| 1995 | — | — | 86 | #1,257 |
| 1994 | — | — | 100 | #1,135 |
| 1993 | — | — | 54 | #1,638 |
| 1992 | — | — | 39 | #2,006 |
| 1991 | — | — | 15 | #3,829 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,798 |
| 1989 | — | — | 15 | #3,633 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,481 |
| 1987 | — | — | 8 | #5,018 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,463 |
| 1985 | — | — | 6 | #5,864 |
| 1984 | — | — | 8 | #4,595 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #4,979 |
| 1982 | — | — | 16 | #2,849 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,186 |
| 1980 | — | — | 10 | #3,878 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,475 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,234 |
| 1977 | — | — | 14 | #2,923 |
| 1976 | — | — | 5 | #5,686 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,588 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,101 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,171 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,084 |
| 1968 | — | — | 8 | #3,130 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,015 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,482 |
| 1965 | — | — | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,213 |
| 1962 | — | — | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,113 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,843 |
| 1958 | — | — | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,103 |
| 1956 | — | — | 24 | #1,612 |
| 1955 | — | — | 21 | #1,687 |
| 1954 | — | — | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | — | — | 25 | #1,515 |
| 1952 | — | — | 16 | #1,944 |
| 1951 | — | — | 17 | #1,844 |
| 1950 | — | — | 17 | #1,822 |
| 1949 | — | — | 18 | #1,760 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,563 |
| 1947 | — | — | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1946 | — | — | 22 | #1,515 |
| 1945 | — | — | 23 | #1,382 |
| 1944 | — | — | 21 | #1,486 |
| 1943 | — | — | 15 | #1,919 |
| 1942 | — | — | 16 | #1,806 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1940 | — | — | 12 | #2,090 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,175 |
| 1938 | — | — | 16 | #1,750 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,486 |
| 1936 | — | — | 23 | #1,388 |
| 1935 | — | — | 19 | #1,592 |
| 1934 | — | — | 12 | #2,139 |
| 1933 | — | — | 18 | #1,650 |
| 1932 | — | — | 21 | #1,553 |
| 1931 | — | — | 26 | #1,365 |
| 1930 | — | — | 20 | #1,647 |
| 1929 | — | — | 23 | #1,528 |
| 1928 | — | — | 20 | #1,714 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,476 |
| 1926 | — | — | 37 | #1,175 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1924 | — | — | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,326 |
| 1922 | — | — | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1921 | — | — | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1920 | — | — | 40 | #1,121 |
| 1919 | — | — | 37 | #1,142 |
| 1918 | — | — | 38 | #1,112 |
| 1917 | — | — | 25 | #1,401 |
| 1916 | — | — | 34 | #1,122 |
| 1915 | — | — | 40 | #998 |
| 1914 | — | — | 30 | #1,025 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,080 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | #897 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #987 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #988 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #720 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #891 |
| 1907 | — | — | 17 | #620 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #714 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #618 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,076 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #790 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #801 |
| 1900 | — | — | 18 | #582 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #868 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #579 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #621 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #441 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #693 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #969 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #619 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #644 |
| 1890 | — | — | 19 | #416 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #635 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #617 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #706 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #552 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #575 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #602 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #580 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #660 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #535 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).