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Stanley

Pronounced /ˈstænli/

Rank in 2024
#871
Born in 2024
275
Peak year
1954 · #58
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 275 boys were named Stanley, about 1 in every 6,238.
  • It peaked in 1954 with 6,448 babies, ranked #58.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 301,142 boys have been named Stanley since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Stanley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 4.8
    Greatest
  2. 3.4
    Silent
  3. 2.6
    Boomers
  4. 1.0
    Gen X
  5. 0.4
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 80,432 babies, 4.81 per 1,000. Silent: 70,961 babies, 3.44 per 1,000. Boomers: 96,790 babies, 2.58 per 1,000. Gen X: 25,869 babies, 0.95 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,731 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,643 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,080 babies, 0.19 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From places in England, Old English stān (“stone”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to stone +‎ -ley (“lea”). The given name has also been used as an anglicisation of Stanisław, Stanislav and related names. The coastal town in Hong Kong is named after Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the early 20th century.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Stanley, CC BY-SA 4.0.