Bartley
Bartley was last recorded in 2021, when 6 babies were given it; 1,933 Americans have been recorded with it between 1886 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,070 Americans named Bartley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 49 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bartley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Bartley?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,949, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
68 babies in 1959, the peak
Bartley peaked in 1959, when 68 boys were given it, #928 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #10,949 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,695 | 2.5 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,564 | 2.4 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,805 | 3.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,880 | 3.6 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,689 | 4.5 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,247 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,873 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,281 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,720 | 6.8 |
Every recorded year (97)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 16 | #3,083 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,488 | 4.9 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,075 | 14.6 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,117 | 7.8 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,928 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,984 | 8.3 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,576 | 10.0 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,454 | 11.2 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,161 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,018 | 14.6 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,861 | 16.4 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,118 | 14.0 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,709 | 18.6 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,696 | 17.8 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,046 | 12.8 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,509 | 19.7 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,291 | 23.7 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,223 | 24.8 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 | 26.8 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,186 | 23.6 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,507 | 14.9 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,260 | 20.2 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,406 | 16.1 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,199 | 20.6 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,319 | 17.2 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,231 | 19.3 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 | 21.7 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 | 26.3 |
| 1959 | 68 | #928 | 31.9 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,511 | 12.7 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,753 | 9.7 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,889 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,486 | 13.1 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,050 | 7.4 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,633 | 11.2 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,941 | 8.2 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,646 | 11.2 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,818 | 9.5 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,384 | 15.8 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,431 | 14.8 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,700 | 10.9 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,693 | 11.1 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,778 | 11.1 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,580 | 13.9 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,840 | 11.2 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,472 | 16.7 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,691 | 13.8 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,577 | 16.4 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,394 | 20.8 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,693 | 15.3 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,634 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,730 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,844 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,663 | 17.4 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,594 | 19.2 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,591 | 19.2 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,544 | 20.2 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,699 | 17.3 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,104 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,710 | 18.1 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,209 | 12.4 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,202 | 12.6 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,539 | 21.5 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,967 | 15.0 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,029 | 14.6 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,954 | 15.6 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,771 | 18.2 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,461 | 24.4 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,272 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,654 | 20.7 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,535 | 23.8 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,507 | 24.7 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,608 | 22.4 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,694 | 21.4 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,685 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,064 | 16.3 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,434 | 30.9 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,385 | 32.4 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,101 | 45.3 |
| 1904 | 8 | #885 | 62.4 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,019 | 50.3 |
| 1900 | 10 | #839 | 66.5 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,076 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 6 | #988 | 50.2 |
| 1889 | 7 | #799 | 63.3 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,045 | 41.4 |
| 1886 | 9 | #651 | 81.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bartley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bartley has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 97 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bartley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bartley, and how old are they?
1,070 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 1,933 Americans ever recorded as Bartley. The median Bartley alive today is 58 years old; half are between 49 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 1,160 people named Bartley (26 women and girls, 1,134 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,187 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 63 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 387 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 433 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 166 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 16 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6 |
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bartley
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 Bartley and names like it
- Compare Bartley and AlphonsoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sBartley peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bartley since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Bartley.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Bartley alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with BMost given first.