Bartley
Bartley is a family name and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Bartley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bartley is a family name and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Bartley
Bartley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1886, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1959: 68 births, good for #926 nationwide. About 21% of every Bartley on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Bartley last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Bartley
Bartley is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Bartley's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #926. Use the chart and map above to compare Bartley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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