Bartley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bartley

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,933 babies named Bartley between 1886 and 2021, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bartley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bartley performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 399 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Bartley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bartley in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bartley 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 1,933 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.