Meaning not yet researched.
Bartholomew: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 39 in 2025. Its best rank was #481 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #481 in 1885; #3,093 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bartholomew in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,093 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #481.
Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for any year. Years with fewer than five babies of a sex are not published by SSA and show as zero.
Bartholomew: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 39 boys in 2025. Peak: #481 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 75 (1969).
In 2025, 39 US boys were named Bartholomew, making it the 3,093rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 244 places from #3,337 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 35 boys named Bartholomew in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #481, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 75, in 1969. For comparison, it was #4,736 in 2015 and #1,258 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bartholomew in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 4,271 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 597 babies named Bartholomew.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 303 US boys were named Bartholomew; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 39. In 2025 that was about 1 in 43,797 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Bart (16,361 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bartolomeo are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bart, Bartel, Bat, Mees and Meus.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bartolomeo (42).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Bartholomew is listed as a nickname for Bart.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 39 | #3,093 |
| 2024 | — | — | 35 | #3,337 |
| 2023 | — | — | 33 | #3,480 |
| 2022 | — | — | 29 | #3,784 |
| 2021 | — | — | 37 | #3,187 |
| 2020 | — | — | 22 | #4,440 |
| 2019 | — | — | 34 | #3,356 |
| 2018 | — | — | 35 | #3,251 |
| 2017 | — | — | 22 | #4,482 |
| 2016 | — | — | 17 | #5,346 |
| 2015 | — | — | 20 | #4,736 |
| 2014 | — | — | 11 | #7,122 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,645 |
| 2012 | — | — | 14 | #6,029 |
| 2011 | — | — | 19 | #4,836 |
| 2010 | — | — | 10 | #7,646 |
| 2009 | — | — | 7 | #9,981 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,242 |
| 2007 | — | — | 16 | #5,458 |
| 2006 | — | — | 16 | #5,332 |
| 2005 | — | — | 20 | #4,341 |
| 2004 | — | — | 7 | #9,034 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,437 |
| 2002 | — | — | 20 | #4,053 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,502 |
| 2000 | — | — | 26 | #3,222 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,362 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,864 |
| 1997 | — | — | 24 | #3,074 |
| 1996 | — | — | 26 | #2,843 |
| 1995 | — | — | 24 | #2,928 |
| 1994 | — | — | 21 | #3,223 |
| 1993 | — | — | 26 | #2,706 |
| 1992 | — | — | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1991 | — | — | 35 | #2,098 |
| 1990 | — | — | 49 | #1,663 |
| 1989 | — | — | 49 | #1,616 |
| 1988 | — | — | 55 | #1,405 |
| 1987 | — | — | 63 | #1,218 |
| 1986 | — | — | 41 | #1,593 |
| 1985 | — | — | 62 | #1,190 |
| 1984 | — | — | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1983 | — | — | 50 | #1,314 |
| 1982 | — | — | 60 | #1,194 |
| 1981 | — | — | 56 | #1,225 |
| 1980 | — | — | 71 | #1,070 |
| 1979 | — | — | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1978 | — | — | 49 | #1,288 |
| 1977 | — | — | 62 | #1,101 |
| 1976 | — | — | 64 | #1,042 |
| 1975 | — | — | 62 | #1,054 |
| 1974 | — | — | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | — | — | 59 | #1,055 |
| 1972 | — | — | 51 | #1,138 |
| 1971 | — | — | 71 | #965 |
| 1970 | — | — | 58 | #1,071 |
| 1969 | — | — | 75 | #880 |
| 1968 | — | — | 48 | #1,069 |
| 1967 | — | — | 44 | #1,119 |
| 1966 | — | — | 43 | #1,131 |
| 1965 | — | — | 40 | #1,208 |
| 1964 | — | — | 38 | #1,264 |
| 1963 | — | — | 46 | #1,138 |
| 1962 | — | — | 40 | #1,231 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,252 |
| 1960 | — | — | 33 | #1,383 |
| 1959 | — | — | 47 | #1,129 |
| 1958 | — | — | 49 | #1,092 |
| 1957 | — | — | 46 | #1,132 |
| 1956 | — | — | 57 | #988 |
| 1955 | — | — | 40 | #1,182 |
| 1954 | — | — | 35 | #1,271 |
| 1953 | — | — | 54 | #977 |
| 1952 | — | — | 40 | #1,168 |
| 1951 | — | — | 36 | #1,220 |
| 1950 | — | — | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1949 | — | — | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1948 | — | — | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1947 | — | — | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1946 | — | — | 26 | #1,383 |
| 1945 | — | — | 34 | #1,123 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1943 | — | — | 33 | #1,188 |
| 1942 | — | — | 39 | #1,095 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1940 | — | — | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1939 | — | — | 23 | #1,393 |
| 1938 | — | — | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,484 |
| 1936 | — | — | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1935 | — | — | 31 | #1,199 |
| 1934 | — | — | 28 | #1,268 |
| 1933 | — | — | 20 | #1,543 |
| 1932 | — | — | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1931 | — | — | 22 | #1,494 |
| 1930 | — | — | 29 | #1,335 |
| 1929 | — | — | 23 | #1,527 |
| 1928 | — | — | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1927 | — | — | 29 | #1,374 |
| 1926 | — | — | 39 | #1,145 |
| 1925 | — | — | 39 | #1,123 |
| 1924 | — | — | 41 | #1,118 |
| 1923 | — | — | 32 | #1,277 |
| 1922 | — | — | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1921 | — | — | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1920 | — | — | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | — | — | 33 | #1,233 |
| 1918 | — | — | 40 | #1,081 |
| 1917 | — | — | 36 | #1,116 |
| 1916 | — | — | 45 | #952 |
| 1915 | — | — | 31 | #1,162 |
| 1914 | — | — | 42 | #823 |
| 1913 | — | — | 29 | #914 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,278 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,198 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #986 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,089 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #800 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,101 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #850 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #940 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,329 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #943 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #893 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,076 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #830 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #988 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #634 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,049 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #753 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #707 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #537 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #633 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #824 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #755 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #543 |
| 1885 | — | — | 15 | #481 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #666 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #726 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #763 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #657 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #924 |
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).