Holding steady, #7,194 for boys today.
Popularity of Bartolo since 1913
Babies named Bartolo per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 64 |
| 1920s | 140 |
| 1930s | 107 |
| 1940s | 55 |
| 1950s | 81 |
| 1960s | 84 |
| 1970s | 68 |
| 1980s | 67 |
| 1990s | 81 |
| 2000s | 77 |
| 2010s | 48 |
| 2020s | 40 |
Meaning & origin
Bartolo entered U.S. records in 1913 and peaked in popularity in 1921, after which it saw a steady decline. In 2025, it ranked 7,194th, with approximately 1 in 155,280 newborns receiving the name. Its trajectory has remained stable in recent decades, but it never broke into widespread use. While no U.S. states recorded it among the top names historically, Bartolo retains cultural significance in Italian and Spanish communities, where it is still encountered as a given name or surname.
Bartolo is a short form of Bartolomeo (Italian) or Bartolomé (Spanish), derived from the Aramaic name Bar-Talmay, meaning "son of Talmay" (talmay meaning "furrow" or "ploughman"). The name Bartholomew, an English cognate, appears in the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles. Bartolo has been used independently in Italy and Spain since the Middle Ages, often as a given name rather than a nickname.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Bar, Tolo
Variants: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo, Bartholomew
Sibling names for Bartolo
Names that share Bartolo's style, for a brother or sister.
