Stanley
Boy · STAN-lee · English
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Stanley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stony clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 107th for boys in the UK (547 babies) and 863rd for boys in the US (278 babies).
What does Stanley mean?
English: surname from English place names
“stony clearing”
From English places named for a stony clearing; the explorer Henry Morton Stanley famously found David Livingstone.
- Say it
- STAN-lee
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Is Stanley a girl's or a boy's name?
Stanley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 547 boys in the UK and 278 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stanley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #107among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 547about 1 in 550 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 547 boys in the UK were named Stanley, making it the 107th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 82nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 1,101 boys.
Half of all the boys named Stanley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 97th in England and Wales, 400th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#23), 1914 (#22), 1924 (#17), 1934 (#39), 1944 (#60), 1954 (#86) and 2014 (#60).
Stanley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 547 | #107 |
| 2024 | 529 | #111 |
| 2023 | 589 | #103 |
| 2022 | 624 | #100 |
| 2021 | 743 | #88 |
| 2020 | 764 | #82 |
| 2019 | 939 | #72 |
| 2018 | 894 | #79 |
| 2017 | 933 | #81 |
| 2016 | 1,037 | #73 |
| 2015 | 1,101 | #67 |
| 2014 | 1,079 | #70 |
| 2013 | 913 | #77 |
| 2012 | 896 | #84 |
| 2011 | 832 | #91 |
| 2010 | 745 | #98 |
| 2009 | 635 | #112 |
| 2008 | 529 | #123 |
| 2007 | 499 | #126 |
| 2006 | 421 | #143 |
| 2005 | 351 | #155 |
| 2004 | 310 | #162 |
| 2003 | 220 | #192 |
| 2002 | 180 | #205 |
| 2001 | 188 | #195 |
| 2000 | 160 | #220 |
| 1999 | 164 | #213 |
| 1998 | 113 | #277 |
| 1997 | 120 | #268 |
| 1996 | 110 | #279 |
How popular is Stanley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #863among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 278about 1 in 6,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 278 boys in the US were named Stanley, making it the 863rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 734th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 6,448 boys.
Half of all the boys named Stanley in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 boys in the US were given Stanley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #863 for this spelling alone.
- Stanley 278
- Stanlee 5
Stanley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 278 | #863 |
| 2024 | 278 | #869 |
| 2023 | 304 | #807 |
| 2022 | 325 | #777 |
| 2021 | 312 | #788 |
| 2020 | 335 | #734 |
| 2019 | 377 | #680 |
| 2018 | 344 | #703 |
| 2017 | 351 | #702 |
| 2016 | 367 | #683 |
| 2015 | 365 | #687 |
| 2014 | 372 | #680 |
| 2013 | 355 | #679 |
| 2012 | 315 | #735 |
| 2011 | 348 | #676 |
| 2010 | 347 | #681 |
| 2009 | 359 | #676 |
| 2008 | 370 | #657 |
| 2007 | 398 | #619 |
| 2006 | 404 | #600 |
| 2005 | 410 | #569 |
| 2004 | 413 | #555 |
| 2003 | 405 | #552 |
| 2002 | 472 | #487 |
| 2001 | 443 | #512 |
| 2000 | 453 | #505 |
| 1999 | 508 | #451 |
| 1998 | 473 | #469 |
| 1997 | 525 | #431 |
| 1996 | 531 | #423 |
| 1995 | 562 | #406 |
| 1994 | 607 | #383 |
| 1993 | 637 | #372 |
| 1992 | 694 | #344 |
| 1991 | 778 | #324 |
| 1990 | 809 | #313 |
| 1989 | 869 | #285 |
| 1988 | 826 | #284 |
| 1987 | 822 | #265 |
| 1986 | 871 | #256 |
| 1985 | 920 | #247 |
| 1984 | 885 | #247 |
| 1983 | 908 | #244 |
| 1982 | 1,000 | #233 |
| 1981 | 1,014 | #230 |
| 1980 | 1,096 | #221 |
| 1979 | 1,065 | #218 |
| 1978 | 1,021 | #211 |
| 1977 | 1,115 | #203 |
| 1976 | 1,151 | #195 |
| 1975 | 1,169 | #194 |
| 1974 | 1,144 | #194 |
| 1973 | 1,358 | #172 |
| 1972 | 1,473 | #170 |
| 1971 | 1,769 | #158 |
| 1970 | 1,949 | #157 |
| 1969 | 1,907 | #155 |
| 1968 | 2,145 | #136 |
| 1967 | 2,247 | #134 |
| 1966 | 2,437 | #128 |
| 1965 | 2,819 | #115 |
| 1964 | 3,130 | #111 |
| 1963 | 3,541 | #105 |
| 1962 | 3,635 | #106 |
| 1961 | 3,923 | #106 |
| 1960 | 4,221 | #100 |
| 1959 | 4,343 | #98 |
| 1958 | 4,911 | #88 |
| 1957 | 5,268 | #81 |
| 1956 | 5,985 | #70 |
| 1955 | 6,050 | #64 |
| 1954 | 6,448 | #58 |
| 1953 | 6,275 | #62 |
| 1952 | 6,226 | #58 |
| 1951 | 6,205 | #54 |
| 1950 | 5,453 | #60 |
| 1949 | 5,527 | #60 |
| 1948 | 5,383 | #65 |
| 1947 | 5,501 | #67 |
| 1946 | 4,767 | #65 |
| 1945 | 4,058 | #59 |
| 1944 | 4,121 | #57 |
| 1943 | 4,699 | #54 |
| 1942 | 4,587 | #56 |
| 1941 | 3,926 | #57 |
| 1940 | 3,694 | #59 |
| 1939 | 3,570 | #57 |
| 1938 | 3,544 | #59 |
| 1937 | 3,483 | #57 |
| 1936 | 3,492 | #58 |
| 1935 | 3,696 | #56 |
| 1934 | 3,569 | #58 |
| 1933 | 3,432 | #55 |
| 1932 | 3,759 | #52 |
| 1931 | 4,202 | #49 |
| 1930 | 4,383 | #49 |
| 1929 | 4,265 | #48 |
| 1928 | 4,481 | #45 |
| 1927 | 4,902 | #44 |
| 1926 | 4,966 | #43 |
| 1925 | 5,030 | #40 |
| 1924 | 5,186 | #40 |
| 1923 | 5,036 | #41 |
| 1922 | 5,045 | #41 |
| 1921 | 5,231 | #41 |
| 1920 | 5,314 | #40 |
| 1919 | 5,238 | #37 |
| 1918 | 5,618 | #36 |
| 1917 | 5,186 | #34 |
| 1916 | 5,130 | #34 |
| 1915 | 4,807 | #34 |
| 1914 | 3,559 | #39 |
| 1913 | 2,595 | #41 |
| 1912 | 2,017 | #43 |
| 1911 | 997 | #44 |
| 1910 | 761 | #47 |
| 1909 | 607 | #50 |
| 1908 | 547 | #52 |
| 1907 | 516 | #54 |
| 1906 | 455 | #56 |
| 1905 | 384 | #65 |
| 1904 | 371 | #65 |
| 1903 | 361 | #59 |
| 1902 | 334 | #69 |
| 1901 | 239 | #81 |
| 1900 | 342 | #77 |
| 1899 | 258 | #74 |
| 1898 | 295 | #71 |
| 1897 | 240 | #77 |
| 1896 | 259 | #78 |
| 1895 | 233 | #82 |
| 1894 | 218 | #90 |
| 1893 | 212 | #87 |
| 1892 | 181 | #102 |
| 1891 | 178 | #92 |
| 1890 | 223 | #77 |
| 1889 | 151 | #108 |
| 1888 | 154 | #109 |
| 1887 | 110 | #121 |
| 1886 | 95 | #145 |
| 1885 | 97 | #139 |
| 1884 | 105 | #136 |
| 1883 | 68 | #178 |
| 1882 | 76 | #177 |
| 1881 | 76 | #159 |
| 1880 | 65 | #189 |
Nicknames for Stanley
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