Stanley was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #34 in 1915 but is far less common today.
Stanley is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #863 for boy births in the United States (and #1,787 across all names), given to 278 babies. Stanley first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1954 (6,448 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 278 | 278 | — | #863 |
| 2024 | 278 | 278 | — | #870 |
| 2023 | 304 | 304 | — | #808 |
| 2022 | 325 | 325 | — | #780 |
| 2021 | 312 | 312 | — | #790 |
| 2020 | 335 | 335 | — | #735 |
| 2019 | 377 | 377 | — | #681 |
| 2018 | 344 | 344 | — | #708 |
| 2017 | 351 | 351 | — | #703 |
| 2016 | 367 | 367 | — | #683 |
| 2015 | 365 | 365 | — | #692 |
| 2014 | 372 | 372 | — | #681 |
| 2013 | 355 | 355 | — | #680 |
| 2012 | 315 | 315 | — | #737 |
| 2011 | 348 | 348 | — | #677 |
| 2010 | 347 | 347 | — | #683 |
| 2009 | 359 | 359 | — | #679 |
| 2008 | 370 | 370 | — | #657 |
| 2007 | 398 | 398 | — | #620 |
| 2006 | 404 | 404 | — | #601 |
| 2005 | 410 | 410 | — | #569 |
| 2004 | 413 | 413 | — | #556 |
| 2003 | 405 | 405 | — | #553 |
| 2002 | 472 | 472 | — | #490 |
| 2001 | 443 | 443 | — | #513 |
| 2000 | 453 | 453 | — | #505 |
| 1999 | 508 | 508 | — | #451 |
| 1998 | 473 | 473 | — | #469 |
| 1997 | 525 | — | — | #431 |
| 1996 | 531 | — | — | #424 |
| 1995 | 562 | — | — | #406 |
| 1994 | 607 | — | — | #384 |
| 1993 | 637 | — | — | #373 |
| 1992 | 694 | — | — | #344 |
| 1991 | 778 | — | — | #324 |
| 1990 | 815 | — | #12,753 | #313 |
| 1989 | 877 | — | #9,567 | #285 |
| 1988 | 839 | — | #6,238 | #284 |
| 1987 | 829 | — | #9,689 | #265 |
| 1986 | 876 | — | #12,576 | #256 |
| 1985 | 925 | — | #12,254 | #247 |
| 1984 | 892 | — | #9,019 | #248 |
| 1983 | 920 | — | #5,781 | #244 |
| 1982 | 1,005 | — | #12,067 | #233 |
| 1981 | 1,027 | — | #5,538 | #230 |
| 1980 | 1,107 | — | #6,267 | #221 |
| 1979 | 1,072 | — | #8,885 | #218 |
| 1978 | 1,028 | — | #8,435 | #212 |
| 1977 | 1,127 | — | #5,487 | #204 |
| 1976 | 1,160 | — | #6,527 | #196 |
| 1975 | 1,181 | — | #5,120 | #194 |
| 1974 | 1,154 | — | #5,713 | #194 |
| 1973 | 1,371 | — | #4,551 | #172 |
| 1972 | 1,487 | — | #4,269 | #170 |
| 1971 | 1,778 | — | #5,928 | #158 |
| 1970 | 1,964 | — | #4,016 | #157 |
| 1969 | 1,922 | — | #3,749 | #155 |
| 1968 | 2,161 | — | #3,436 | #136 |
| 1967 | 2,269 | — | #2,694 | #134 |
| 1966 | 2,454 | — | #3,130 | #128 |
| 1965 | 2,833 | — | #3,519 | #115 |
| 1964 | 3,142 | — | #4,064 | #111 |
| 1963 | 3,555 | — | #3,614 | #105 |
| 1962 | 3,656 | — | #2,728 | #106 |
| 1961 | 3,952 | — | #2,241 | #106 |
| 1960 | 4,241 | — | #2,811 | #100 |
| 1959 | 4,369 | — | #2,277 | #98 |
| 1958 | 4,931 | — | #2,654 | #88 |
| 1957 | 5,293 | — | #2,268 | #81 |
| 1956 | 6,005 | — | #2,612 | #70 |
| 1955 | 6,069 | — | #2,625 | #64 |
| 1954 | 6,472 | — | #2,229 | #58 |
| 1953 | 6,296 | — | #2,356 | #62 |
| 1952 | 6,242 | — | #2,787 | #58 |
| 1951 | 6,223 | — | #2,465 | #54 |
| 1950 | 5,466 | — | #3,036 | #60 |
| 1949 | 5,546 | — | #2,331 | #60 |
| 1948 | 5,397 | — | #2,819 | #65 |
| 1947 | 5,515 | — | #2,882 | #67 |
| 1946 | 4,784 | — | #2,382 | #65 |
| 1945 | 4,073 | — | #2,331 | #59 |
| 1944 | 4,146 | — | #1,695 | #57 |
| 1943 | 4,735 | — | #1,394 | #54 |
| 1942 | 4,609 | — | #1,857 | #56 |
| 1941 | 3,945 | — | #1,947 | #57 |
| 1940 | 3,704 | — | #2,934 | #59 |
| 1939 | 3,581 | — | #2,726 | #57 |
| 1938 | 3,554 | — | #2,907 | #59 |
| 1937 | 3,492 | — | #3,121 | #57 |
| 1936 | 3,511 | — | #1,793 | #58 |
| 1935 | 3,707 | — | #2,712 | #56 |
| 1934 | 3,584 | — | #2,168 | #58 |
| 1933 | 3,456 | — | #1,546 | #55 |
| 1932 | 3,792 | — | #1,290 | #52 |
| 1931 | 4,229 | — | #1,453 | #49 |
| 1930 | 4,415 | — | #1,364 | #49 |
| 1929 | 4,305 | — | #1,193 | #48 |
| 1928 | 4,517 | — | #1,285 | #45 |
| 1927 | 4,949 | — | #1,123 | #44 |
| 1926 | 5,006 | — | #1,240 | #43 |
| 1925 | 5,055 | — | #1,741 | #40 |
| 1924 | 5,215 | — | #1,603 | #40 |
| 1923 | 5,061 | — | #1,725 | #41 |
| 1922 | 5,060 | — | #2,467 | #41 |
| 1921 | 5,259 | — | #1,615 | #41 |
| 1920 | 5,333 | — | #2,065 | #40 |
| 1919 | 5,263 | — | #1,642 | #37 |
| 1918 | 5,646 | — | #1,532 | #36 |
| 1917 | 5,205 | — | #1,909 | #34 |
| 1916 | 5,149 | — | #1,861 | #34 |
| 1915 | 4,824 | — | #1,951 | #34 |
| 1914 | 3,567 | — | #2,841 | #39 |
| 1913 | 2,608 | — | #1,753 | #41 |
| 1912 | 2,017 | — | — | #43 |
| 1911 | 1,003 | — | #2,431 | #44 |
| 1910 | 766 | — | #2,742 | #47 |
| 1909 | 614 | — | #1,936 | #50 |
| 1908 | 547 | — | — | #52 |
| 1907 | 521 | — | #2,351 | #55 |
| 1906 | 455 | — | — | #56 |
| 1905 | 384 | — | — | #66 |
| 1904 | 376 | — | #2,137 | #65 |
| 1903 | 366 | — | #2,050 | #59 |
| 1902 | 334 | — | — | #69 |
| 1901 | 239 | — | — | #82 |
| 1900 | 349 | — | #1,707 | #77 |
| 1899 | 258 | — | — | #76 |
| 1898 | 295 | — | — | #71 |
| 1897 | 240 | — | — | #77 |
| 1896 | 259 | — | — | #78 |
| 1895 | 233 | — | — | #83 |
| 1894 | 218 | — | — | #90 |
| 1893 | 212 | — | — | #87 |
| 1892 | 181 | — | — | #103 |
| 1891 | 178 | — | — | #92 |
| 1890 | 223 | — | — | #78 |
| 1889 | 151 | — | — | #108 |
| 1888 | 154 | — | — | #110 |
| 1887 | 110 | — | — | #121 |
| 1886 | 95 | — | — | #148 |
| 1885 | 97 | — | — | #140 |
| 1884 | 105 | — | — | #136 |
| 1883 | 68 | — | — | #179 |
| 1882 | 76 | — | — | #180 |
| 1881 | 76 | — | — | #160 |
| 1880 | 65 | — | — | #191 |