NameTides

Stanley

Stanley was the #863 boys' name in the US in 2025 (278 babies), and #97 in England & Wales and #614 in Canada.

Stanley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Stanley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandUS
Stanley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#863 (278)#97 (536)#400 (8)#395 (3)#577 (5)#614 (47)—
2024#869 (278)#102 (523)#478 (6)——#613 (44)—
2023#807 (304)#90 (582)#435 (7)——#545 (50)—
2022#777 (325)#92 (609)#312 (12)#414 (3)—#544 (50)—
2021#788 (312)#82 (724)#297 (13)#295 (6)#755 (3)#603 (46)—
2020#734 (335)#74 (751)#292 (13)—#556 (5)#540 (48)—
2019#680 (377)#67 (922)#296 (12)#312 (5)—#511 (55)—
2018#703 (344)#72 (877)#275 (14)#416 (3)#520 (6)#533 (52)—
2017#702 (351)#70 (914)#318 (12)#250 (7)—#468 (61)—
2016#683 (367)#65 (1,019)#247 (18)—#601 (4)#523 (54)—
2015#687 (365)#59 (1,078)#239 (19)#342 (4)#503 (6)#546 (50)—
2014#680 (372)#60 (1,059)#252 (17)#398 (3)#609 (4)#515 (54)—
2013#679 (355)#70 (904)#366 (9)—#534 (5)#582 (46)—
2012#735 (315)#74 (890)#467 (6)—#718 (3)#686 (35)—
2011#676 (348)#80 (824)#386 (8)—#623 (4)#565 (45)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1916 at #34.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 510common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Stanley is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Stanley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #846FL
Stanley (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Stanley (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
StanleyCanadaBoys#61447
StanleyEngland & WalesBoys#97536
StanleyIrelandBoys#5775
StanleyNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
StanleyNSWBoys—too few
StanleyScotlandBoys#4008
StanleyUSGirls—too few
StanleyUSBoys#863278