first name
STANLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 135,819 people named Stanley, 70.9% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Black and 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stanley peaked in 1954, when 6,472 babies got the name.
At least 302,862 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Stanley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #90. The largest share of babies named Stanley, 32.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Stanley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stanley has been most common in Hawaii (2.7×), Vermont (1.9×), and Pennsylvania (1.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.27×).
291,458 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Stanley
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stanley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stanley ranks #335 of 156,621, with 91,375 people. See Stanley as a last name
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