Bartlett

Where Bartlett comes from

Bartlett hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1890
    Debut at its peak, #994
    #994 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1898
    Bartlett Cormack born
    American actor
  4. 1912
    Bartlett Robinson born
    American actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Bartlett Cormack · American actor, 1898–1942
  • Bartlett Robinson · American actor, 1912–1986
  • Bartlett Yancey · American politician, 1785–1828
  • Bartlett Sher · American theatre director, born 1959
  • Bartlett Carré · American filmmaker, actor, 1897–1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.