Bartholomew
#3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,271since 1880
Bartholomew over time
Rank among boys' names. Bartholomew has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,089 | 39 |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #3,180 | 37 |
| 2020 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #1,662 | 49 |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #1,404 | 55 |
| 1987 | #1,218 | 63 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,190 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,294 | 51 |
| 1983 | #1,314 | 50 |
| 1982 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1981 | #1,225 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,070 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,241 | 55 |
| 1978 | #1,286 | 49 |
| 1977 | #1,099 | 62 |
| 1976 | #1,042 | 64 |
| 1975 | #1,053 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,007 | 66 |
| 1973 | #1,054 | 59 |
| 1972 | #1,137 | 51 |
| 1971 | #965 | 71 |
| 1970 | #1,070 | 58 |
| 1969 | #880 | 75 |
| 1968 | #1,068 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,131 | 43 |
| 1965 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,138 | 46 |
| 1962 | #1,230 | 40 |
| 1961 | #1,250 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,382 | 33 |
| 1959 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #986 | 57 |
| 1955 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | #975 | 54 |
| 1952 | #1,166 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,372 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,117 | 41 |
| 1923 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,230 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #952 | 45 |
| 1915 | #1,159 | 31 |
| 1914 | #819 | 42 |
| 1913 | #914 | 29 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
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.
Where Bartholomew is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#407 · 1 in 8,710
- New York#558 · 1 in 13,909
Best ever in a state: #177 in New Jersey, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #407 | 7 | 1 in 8,710 |
| New York | #558 | 13 | 1 in 13,909 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bartholomew
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #480 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1892
- 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%)
- 14.0% of all boys named Bartholomew (597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | #480 (1885) | #691 |
| 1890s | 78 | #533 (1890) | #832 |
| 1900s | 52 | #798 (1906) | #1,009 |
| 1910s | 290 | #819 (1914) | #1,071 |
| 1920s | 345 | #1,026 (1921) | #1,249 |
| 1930s | 251 | #1,194 (1935) | #1,369 |
| 1940s | 318 | #1,089 (1942) | #1,228 |
| 1950s | 437 | #975 (1953) | #1,140 |
| 1960s | 447 | #880 (1969) | #1,167 |
| 1970s | 597 | #965 (1971) | #1,095 |
| 1980s | 558 | #1,070 (1980) | #1,311 |
| 1990s | 271 | #1,662 (1990) | #2,899 |
| 2000s | 151 | #3,219 (2000) | #5,918 |
| 2010s | 194 | #3,240 (2018) | #5,315 |
| 2020s | 195 | #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 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 43,314 of them was named Bartholomew, which outranked 75.8% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,081Theodis50
- #1,081Truman50
- #1,081Valentin50
- #1,091Bartholomew49
- #1,091Adolphus49
- #1,091Brock49
- #1,091Eliot49
- #1,104Edgardo48
- #1,104Gerold48
- #1,104Harmon48
Tied with 12 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.