Meaning and history
Bishop may derive either from the English occupational surname or directly from the English word, both ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos), meaning “overseer.”
20062006: 158 births, rank #1,106
2007: 168 births, rank #1,088
2008: 170 births, rank #1,090
2009: 175 births, rank #1,063
2010: 163 births, rank #1,137
20112011: 163 births, rank #1,118
2012: 185 births, rank #1,040
2013: 158 births, rank #1,144
2014: 189 births, rank #1,052
2015: 208 births, rank #991
20162016: 189 births, rank #1,045
2017: 206 births, rank #990
2018: 210 births, rank #984
2019: 198 births, rank #1,041
2020: 218 births, rank #979
20212021: 222 births, rank #987
2022: 216 births, rank #1,025
2023: 174 births, rank #1,176
2024: 173 births, rank #1,189
20252025: 172 births, rank #1,188
Bishop moved from #979 to #988 for boys between 2020 and 2021. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 222.