Bartlett

Boys' name

Possibly son + Talmai; Ptolemy, through Bartholomew

Bartlett has been given to 646 babies in the U.S. since 1890. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Bartlett, 2004

1 in 764,000

Bartlett over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bartlett: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly son + Talmai; Ptolemy, through Bartholomew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bartlett means

Bartlett belongs to the name family reached through Bartlett → Bartholomew. Its meaning is “son + Talmai; Ptolemy”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

The pear was named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, after himself.

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Origin, language, and formation

Bartlett is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bartholomew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Bartlett is pronounced /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tlət/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 646 boys were recorded with the name Bartlett between 1890 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1925; its best national rank was #1,015 in 1890.

How common is Bartlett?

Bartlett had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,181 births
Among boys only: 1 in 397,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bartlett sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,591 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bartlett. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bartletts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bartlett was born before 1945 — so the typical Bartlett is around 80 today.

Median birth year: 1945; About 80 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 16.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 9.0%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 279; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 16.6% of all recorded uses (107).

Is Bartlett rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1925 (16)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 45.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,015; 1890

Spellings of Bartlett

Bartlett is not the most common spelling — Barrett is, with 89.7% against Bartlett's 1.7%.

Barrett89.7%33,425
Bartley5.2%1,933
Barnett3.4%1,279
Bartlett1.7%646

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bartlett by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,015; 1890
Peak year: 1925; 16 that year
First recorded: 1890
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 646
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bartlett

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Barnett Barnabas Barett Barrett Bartolo Barnaby Everhett Barkley Crockett Baraka Everrett Barrington Barack Barret Barnard Barclay Baruch Barak Bearett Barnes Barnie Barkon Bartosz Bartley

Sibling names for Bartlett

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Jaunita Vernell

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt

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