Bartholomew
Bartholomew was given to 39 boys in 2025, #3,092 among boys’ names; 4,271 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,680 Americans named Bartholomew and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 33 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bartholomew by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bartholomew mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bartholomew is “a male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.” Its etymology gives the senses “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy” (תלמי) and “son” (בר) and “Talmai; Ptolemy” (תלמי).
From Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”), from בר (bar, “son”) and תלמי (tolmai, “Talmai; Ptolemy”). The name’s pronunciation was changed to match the spelling; contrast French Barthélemy from the same source.
/bɑɹˈθɑləmju/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bartholomew?
#3,092 among boys’ names, 2025
Bartholomew rose from #4,734 in 2015 to #3,092 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 10.4 to 22.8 per million.
75 babies in 1969, the peak
Bartholomew peaked in 1969, when 75 boys were given it, #880 among boys’ names. The 39 births of 2025 are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,092 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,335 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,478 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,781 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,185 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,436 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,353 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,248 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,478 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,342 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,734 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,117 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,640 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,023 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,834 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,640 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,976 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,237 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,455 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,328 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,336 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,028 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,432 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,047 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,495 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,216 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,357 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,860 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,069 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,838 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,923 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,217 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,700 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,306 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,092 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,658 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,225 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,138 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 71 | #965 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,071 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 75 | #880 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,119 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,131 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,208 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,263 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,137 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,230 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,251 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,128 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,091 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,131 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 57 | #987 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,181 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,270 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 54 | #976 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,167 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,219 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,257 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,205 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,258 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,395 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,122 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,333 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,188 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,095 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,233 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,092 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,393 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,276 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,484 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,297 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,543 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,430 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,494 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,527 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,295 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,123 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,505 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 45 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 42 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 29 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,197 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 11 | #985 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,089 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 10 | #800 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,100 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 7 | #939 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 6 | #942 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 7 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 8 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 6 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 11 | #633 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 9 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 8 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 13 | #537 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 10 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 7 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 7 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 12 | #543 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 15 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 9 | #666 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 7 | #726 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 7 | #763 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 8 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 5 | #924 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bartholomew a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bartholomew has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 143 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bartholomew: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bartholomew, and how old are they?
2,680 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 4,271 Americans ever recorded as Bartholomew. The median Bartholomew alive today is 47 years old; half are between 33 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 2,366 people named Bartholomew (5 women and girls, 2,361 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,681 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 103 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 507 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 813 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 662 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 248 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 344 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bartholomew born?
The states with the most babies named Bartholomew are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 70% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 650 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 176 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 103 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 91 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 89 | #2,020 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 54 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 48 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 37 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 28 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Bartholomew is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bartholomew is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bartholomew with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bartholomew
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bartholomew and names like it
- Compare Bartholomew and HansBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sBartholomew peaked in 1969.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bartholomew since 1910.
- The top names of 1969The year the most babies were named Bartholomew.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Bartholomew alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with BMost given first.