Meaning and history
English form of Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaios), 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 as Nathanael, and tradition says he preached in India before going west to Armenia, where he was martyred by flaying. Because of the saint’s popularity, the name became common in England during the Middle Ages.
20062006: 16 births, rank #5,303
2007: 16 births, rank #5,434
2008: 11 births, rank #7,187
2009: 7 births, rank #9,864
2010: 10 births, rank #7,591
20112011: 19 births, rank #4,822
2012: 14 births, rank #6,001
2013: 12 births, rank #6,603
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 20 births, rank #4,711
20162016: 17 births, rank #5,318
2017: 22 births, rank #4,466
2018: 35 births, rank #3,240
2019: 34 births, rank #3,347
2020: 22 births, rank #4,426
20212021: 37 births, rank #3,180
2022: 29 births, rank #3,774
2023: 33 births, rank #3,474
2024: 35 births, rank #3,335
20252025: 39 births, rank #3,089
Bartholomew moved from #880 to #965 for boys between 1969 and 1971. Its highest annual birth count came in 1969, with 75 births.