Bartow — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bartow

The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Bartow between 1913 and 1946, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bartow currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bartow performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bartow shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bartow in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bartow 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 114 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.