How Many People Are Named Bartholomew?
people named Bartholomew are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 126,306 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,271 babies named Bartholomew in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
75 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Βαρθολομαιος (Bartholomaios), which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "son of TALMAI". In the New Testament Bartholomew is the byname of an apostle, possibly the same person as the apostle Nathanael. According to tradition he was a missionary to India before returning westward to Armenia, where he was martyred by flaying. Due to the popularity of this saint the name became common in England during the Middle Ages.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bartholomew in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bartholomew alive today is about 44 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bartholomew first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1969, to 75 babies. In 2025, 39 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bartholomew has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #481, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #3,092.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,092 |
| Best rank | #481 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,087 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bartholomew alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bartholomew were born in New York than in any other state: about 291 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bartholomew was given 5.7 times as often in New York, 2.8 times in Massachusetts and 2.4 times in New Jersey.
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