Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Stanley

#123 most common boys' name of all time · #256 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#123
Rank overall
#256 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
302,862
Since 2016
3,271
Peak year
1954 #58
Best rank
#34 1915
Girls Boys peak 6,472/yr
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Stanley is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 278 278 #863
2024 — 278 278 #869
2023 — 304 304 #807
2022 — 325 325 #777
2021 — 312 312 #788
2020 — 335 335 #734
2019 — 377 377 #680
2018 — 344 344 #703
2017 — 351 351 #702
2016 — 367 367 #683
2015 — 365 365 #688
2014 — 372 372 #680
2013 — 355 355 #679
2012 — 315 315 #736
2011 — 348 348 #676
2010 — 347 347 #681
2009 — 359 359 #677
2008 — 370 370 #657
2007 — 398 398 #619
2006 — 404 404 #600
2005 — 410 410 #569
2004 — 413 413 #555
2003 — 405 405 #552
2002 — 472 472 #488
2001 — 443 443 #512
2000 — 453 453 #505
1999 — 508 508 #451
1998 — 473 473 #469
1997 — 525 525 #431
1996 — 531 531 #423
1995 — 562 562 #406
1994 — 607 607 #383
1993 — 637 637 #372
1992 — 694 694 #344
1991 — 778 778 #324
1990 6 809 815 #313
1989 8 869 877 #285
1988 13 826 839 #284
1987 7 822 829 #265
1986 5 871 876 #256
1985 5 920 925 #247
1984 7 885 892 #247
1983 12 908 920 #244
1982 5 1,000 1,005 #233
1981 13 1,014 1,027 #230
1980 11 1,096 1,107 #221
1979 7 1,065 1,072 #218
1978 7 1,021 1,028 #211
1977 12 1,115 1,127 #203
1976 9 1,151 1,160 #195
1975 12 1,169 1,181 #194
1974 10 1,144 1,154 #194
1973 13 1,358 1,371 #172
1972 14 1,473 1,487 #170
1971 9 1,769 1,778 #158
1970 15 1,949 1,964 #157
1969 15 1,907 1,922 #155
1968 16 2,145 2,161 #136
1967 22 2,247 2,269 #134
1966 17 2,437 2,454 #128
1965 14 2,819 2,833 #115
1964 12 3,130 3,142 #111
1963 14 3,541 3,555 #105
1962 21 3,635 3,656 #106
1961 29 3,923 3,952 #106
1960 20 4,221 4,241 #100
1959 26 4,343 4,369 #98
1958 20 4,911 4,931 #88
1957 25 5,268 5,293 #81
1956 20 5,985 6,005 #70
1955 19 6,050 6,069 #64
1954 24 6,448 6,472 #58
1953 21 6,275 6,296 #62
1952 16 6,226 6,242 #58
1951 18 6,205 6,223 #54
1950 13 5,453 5,466 #60
1949 19 5,527 5,546 #60
1948 14 5,383 5,397 #65
1947 14 5,501 5,515 #67
1946 17 4,767 4,784 #65
1945 15 4,058 4,073 #59
1944 25 4,121 4,146 #57
1943 36 4,699 4,735 #54
1942 22 4,587 4,609 #56
1941 19 3,926 3,945 #57
1940 10 3,694 3,704 #59
1939 11 3,570 3,581 #57
1938 10 3,544 3,554 #59
1937 9 3,483 3,492 #57
1936 19 3,492 3,511 #58
1935 11 3,696 3,707 #56
1934 15 3,569 3,584 #58
1933 24 3,432 3,456 #55
1932 33 3,759 3,792 #52
1931 27 4,202 4,229 #49
1930 32 4,383 4,415 #49
1929 40 4,265 4,305 #48
1928 36 4,481 4,517 #45
1927 47 4,902 4,949 #44
1926 40 4,966 5,006 #43
1925 25 5,030 5,055 #40
1924 29 5,186 5,215 #40
1923 25 5,036 5,061 #41
1922 15 5,045 5,060 #41
1921 28 5,231 5,259 #41
1920 19 5,314 5,333 #40
1919 25 5,238 5,263 #37
1918 28 5,618 5,646 #36
1917 19 5,186 5,205 #34
1916 19 5,130 5,149 #34
1915 17 4,807 4,824 #34
1914 8 3,559 3,567 #39
1913 13 2,595 2,608 #41
1912 — 2,017 2,017 #43
1911 6 997 1,003 #44
1910 5 761 766 #47
1909 7 607 614 #50
1908 — 547 547 #52
1907 5 516 521 #55
1906 — 455 455 #56
1905 — 384 384 #66
1904 5 371 376 #65
1903 5 361 366 #59
1902 — 334 334 #69
1901 — 239 239 #82
1900 7 342 349 #77
1899 — 258 258 #75
1898 — 295 295 #71
1897 — 240 240 #77
1896 — 259 259 #78
1895 — 233 233 #83
1894 — 218 218 #90
1893 — 212 212 #87
1892 — 181 181 #103
1891 — 178 178 #92
1890 — 223 223 #78
1889 — 151 151 #108
1888 — 154 154 #110
1887 — 110 110 #121
1886 — 95 95 #148
1885 — 97 97 #140
1884 — 105 105 #136
1883 — 68 68 #179
1882 — 76 76 #179
1881 — 76 76 #162
1880 — 65 65 #191