Bartholomew

#3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births

Peak · boys
#480
1885 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,271
since 1880

Bartholomew over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bartholomew has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #480, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,08939
2024#3,33535
2023#3,47433
2022#3,77429
2021#3,18037
2020#4,42622
2019#3,34734
2018#3,24035
2017#4,46622
2016#5,31817
2015#4,71120
2014#7,04811
2013#6,60312
2012#6,00114
2011#4,82219
2010#7,59110
2009#9,8647
2008#7,18711
2007#5,43416
2006#5,30316
2005#4,32620
2004#8,9277
2003#4,42618
2002#4,04420
2001#6,44510
2000#3,21926
1999#4,34116
1998#3,84918
1997#3,06424
1996#2,83826
1995#2,92324
1994#3,21521
1993#2,69726
1992#2,30332
1991#2,09535
1990#1,66249
1989#1,61549
1988#1,40455
1987#1,21863
1986#1,58841
1985#1,19062
1984#1,29451
1983#1,31450
1982#1,19360
1981#1,22556
1980#1,07071
1979#1,24155
1978#1,28649
1977#1,09962
1976#1,04264
1975#1,05362
1974#1,00766
1973#1,05459
1972#1,13751
1971#96571
1970#1,07058
1969#88075
1968#1,06848
1967#1,11744
1966#1,13143
1965#1,20640
1964#1,26338
1963#1,13846
1962#1,23040
1961#1,25040
1960#1,38233
1959#1,12947
1958#1,09149
1957#1,13046
1956#98657
1955#1,18140
1954#1,26835
1953#97554
1952#1,16640
1951#1,21836
1950#1,25633
1949#1,20535
1948#1,25633
1947#1,39428
1946#1,38226
1945#1,12234
1944#1,32825
1943#1,18733
1942#1,08939
1941#1,23029
1940#1,09036
1939#1,39023
1938#1,27527
1937#1,48121
1936#1,29626
1935#1,19431
1934#1,26628
1933#1,54020
1932#1,42624
1931#1,48922
1930#1,33029
1929#1,52323
1928#1,29331
1927#1,37229
1926#1,14439
1925#1,12139
1924#1,11741
1923#1,27532
1922#1,50325
1921#1,02646
1920#1,11940
1919#1,23033
1918#1,07940
1917#1,11336
1916#95245
1915#1,15931
1914#81942
1913#91429
1912#1,26814
1911#1,1909
1910#98111
1909#1,0838
1908—
1907#9998
1906#79810
1905#1,0916
1904—
1903#8468
1902#9337
1901—
1900#1,3105
1899#9286
1898#8857
1897#1,0575
1896#8268
1895#9786
1894#63111
1893#1,0355
1892#7489
1891#7008
1890#53313
1889#62810
1888#8157
1887#7527
1886#54012
1885#48015
1884#6639
1883#7207
1882#7547
1881#6538
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bartholomew was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1900–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bartholomew
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 246 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,089)
  • 1,337 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #3,089)
  • 1,622 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #3,089)
  • Biggest jump: 404 spots in 1894 (#1,035 → #631)
  • Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928 → #1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #480 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,187
  • Highest: 1 in 7,187 boys born in 1885 were named Bartholomew (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 43,797 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 14.0% of all boys named Bartholomew (597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s87#480 (1885)#691
1890s78#533 (1890)#832
1900s52#798 (1906)#1,009
1910s290#819 (1914)#1,071
1920s345#1,026 (1921)#1,249
1930s251#1,194 (1935)#1,369
1940s318#1,089 (1942)#1,228
1950s437#975 (1953)#1,140
1960s447#880 (1969)#1,167
1970s597#965 (1971)#1,095
1980s558#1,070 (1980)#1,311
1990s271#1,662 (1990)#2,899
2000s151#3,219 (2000)#5,918
2010s194#3,240 (2018)#5,315
2020s195#3,089 (2025)#3,546

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bartholomew in 1938

boys
#1,275
27 births · 1 in 41,080 boys

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,275Bartholomew27
More about 1938

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 41,080 of them was named Bartholomew, which outranked 68.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bartholomew
  1. #1,247Rayfield28
  2. #1,247Sampson28
  3. #1,247Urban28
  4. #1,275Bartholomew27
  5. #1,275Almon27
  6. #1,275Christ27
  7. #1,275Claire27
  8. #1,310Armond26
  9. #1,310Arnulfo26
  10. #1,310Barrett26

Tied with 34 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938 →