Bartholomew vs Mairtin
Bartholomew and Mairtincompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
In 1995, Bartholomew was ranked #281 and Mairtin #334 among boys in Republic of Ireland.
Bartholomew and Mairtin over time
Bartholomew and Mairtin appear together in 1 published list, across 13 years of shared records. Bartholomew held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Mairtin in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Bartholomew reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Mairtin in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Boys13 shared years, 1965–1995
Bartholomew held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Mairtin in 1.
Highest recorded here: Bartholomew #95 in 1965, Mairtin #229 in 1990.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1995: Bartholomew #281, Mairtin #334.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Bartholomew | Mairtin |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 4 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE | GB-NIR, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #3684 (2025) | Northern Ireland · Boys #414 (2022) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 58/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bartholomew has 4 syllables, compared with 2 for Mairtin.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Bartholomew
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #81 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1995
Highest recorded position: #81 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3684 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Mairtin
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #250 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2015
Highest recorded position: #229 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1965–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #414 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2022.
Northern Ireland · Boys