Barty

Boys' name

Possibly son + Talmai; Ptolemy, through Bartholomew

Barty has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1940. 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 1940, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Barty, 1940

1 in 461,000

Barty 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Barty: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly son + Talmai; Ptolemy, through Bartholomew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Barty means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Barty is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bartholomew.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Barty between 1940 and 1940. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1940; its best national rank was #3,489 in 1940.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Barty?

Barty had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1940, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1940: 1 in 461,000; 5 of 2,302,666 births
Among boys only: 1 in 232,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1940: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 319,218 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Barty 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 1940 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 319,218 children born in 1940 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Barty. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bartys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Barty was born before 1940 — so the typical Barty is around 85 today.

Median birth year: 1940; About 85 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Barty 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 1940 (5)
Years since peak: 85; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,489; 1940

Spellings of Barty

Barty is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 34.7% against Barty's <0.01%.

Gary34.7%902,152
Larry31.1%807,588
Harry16.3%423,866
Barry7.0%181,270
Garry1.8%47,670
Bert1.3%33,585
Marty1.2%32,180
Cary0.94%24,504

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.

Barty 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: #3,489; 1940
Peak year: 1940; 5 that year
First recorded: 1940
Last recorded: 1940
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Barty

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

Baruk Barny Baryn Barek Bartu Forty Barsbek Bartel Bartly Barris Barrow Barsam Barima Baroke Baren Baruti Barlas Baris Barkim Barrion Barok Baruc Barin Barto

Sibling names for Barty

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

Nedra Toby Annetta Jerilyn Carolynn Arleen Georgianna Judie

For a brother

Errol Sherwood Jerold Gail Rayford Ned Carol Wendell

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