Bartholomew — #3324 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bartholomew

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,232 babies named Bartholomew between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bartholomew currently holds the #3324 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 75 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bartholomew performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 597 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bartholomew shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 650 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Bartholomew in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bartholomew in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,232 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.