Boy
Bishop
The name Bishop carries the meaning "overseer (church official)". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
EnglishEnglish
EtymologyMeaning "overseer" (church official)
Births by decade
1900s
111
1910s
274
1920s
313
1930s
187
1940s
200
1950s
173
1960s
104
1970s
98
1980s
102
1990s
756
2000s
1,422
2010s
1,462
Peaked in the 2010s · 5,202 total U.S. births since 1900