Stanley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning stony clearing or meadow.
Babies a year
536
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#863
up from #875
UK popularity
#97
536 babies · up from #102
How Stanley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #690 |
| 2016 | #684 |
| 2017 | #703 |
| 2018 | #708 |
| 2019 | #680 |
| 2020 | #736 |
| 2021 | #787 |
| 2022 | #778 |
| 2023 | #807 |
| 2024 | #875 |
| 2025 | #863 |
In 2025, 536 babies in England and Wales were named Stanley. In the US, 348 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 6,438 in 1954.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Stanley was most common in 1915, when it went to 0.55% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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