Bartolo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAR-toh-loh
- Origin
- Aramaic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Bartolo is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “son of Talmai”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Bartolo mean?
Aramaic: Spanish and Italian short form of Bartholomew
“son of Talmai”
Dr Bartolo is the scheming guardian in Beaumarchais' play and Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville.
Is Bartolo a girl's or a boy's name?
Bartolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bartolo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Bartolo, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Bartolo in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bartolo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
Names like Bartolo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alonzo Thomas Angelo Bruno Benito William Leo Joseph Otto Theodore Julius Arthur
More Aramaic names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bartolo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bartolo, updated 20 October 2026.