Stanley
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Stanley
Although Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire personified brute force, most Stanleys have been portrayed as meek milquetoasts. It has a totally "old-man" or "grandpa" vibe that may appeal to those who like Walter and Rupert or Daphne and Mabel.
Stanley for boys#863 US
Stanley came to popularity initially via the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who made historic contact with Dr. Livingston in Africa in 1871. Noted US namesakes include movie directors Stanley Kramer and Stanley Kubrick and actor Stanley Tucci.
Stanley had a long run in the Top 100--from 1890 to 1959, and ranked in the England and Wales Top 100 in 2023.
Stanley for girls
Perfect example of how your perception of a name can change when you apply it to the opposite gender: when used for a girl, Stanley suddenly becomes an attractive, upper-crusty name ala Ansley or Finley.
Pronounced STAN-lee.
As of October 2026, Stanley ranked #863 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #34 in 1915, Nameberry popularity #674.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #681 | 372 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #690 | 365 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #683 | 367 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #703 | 351 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #707 | 344 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #681 | 377 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #736 | 334 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #789 | 312 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #781 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #808 | 304 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #875 | 275 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #863 | 278 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Stanley for boys
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Famous Stanleys
- Stanley KubrickBoy
American film director
- Stanley TucciBoy
American actor
- Arthur Stanley JeffersonBoy
birth name of Stan Laurel, English comedian of duo Laurel and Hardy
- Stanley Frank "Stan" MusialBoy
American baseball player
- Stanley Melbourne BruceBoy
8th Prime Minister of Australia
- Stanley BaldwinBoy
Ex,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Stanley Augustus HollowayBoy
English actor
- Stanley Martin LieberBoy
birth name of comic book creator Stan Lee, marvel, the best of all time.
- Stanley "Stan" GetzBoy
American jazz saxophonist
- Stanley MilgramBoy
American social psychologist
- Stanley WeberBoy
French actor
- Stanley Owen Green aka Protein ManBoy
English human billboard
- Stanley CohenBoy
American biochemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Stanley Benjamin PrusinerBoy
American neurologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Stanley Roger "Stan" SmithBoy
American tennis player
- Stanley Newcomb "Stan" KentonBoy
American jazz pianist
- Stanley Allison "Stan" RogersBoy
Canadian singer,songwriter
- Stanley William "Stan" TraceyBoy
English jazz pianist
- Stanley Bernard "Stan" GalazinBoy
American NFL football player
- Stanley Gavin (b. 2011)Boy
son of singer Dido and Rohan Gavin
- Michael Stanley DukakisBoy
American politician; 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts
- Stanley Ann DunhamGirl
American anthropologist and mother of President Barack Obama
Stanley in pop culture
- Stanley KowalskiBoy
character in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
- Stanley GriffBoy
main character in children's books and animated TV series "Stanley"
- Stanley HudsonBoy
character on TV's "The Office"
- Stanley "Stan" TorresBoy
baby on TV's "Cougar Town"
- Stanley YelnatsBoy
main character in Louis Sachar's "Holes"
- Stanley "Stan" MarshBoy
character in animated series "South Park"
- "Flat StanleyBoy
" children's book by Jeff Brown
- Stanley "Stan" ShunpikeBoy
character in the "Harry Potter" series
- The Stanley ParableBoy
video game
- The Stanley CupBoy
championship trophy of The National Hockey League
- Grunkle (Great Uncle) Stanley Pines "Stan"Boy
character in the animated series "Gravity Falls", twin to Stanford "Ford"
- Stanley UrisBoy
character in Stephen King's "It"
- Stanley "Stan" ShunpikeBoy
character in "Harry Potter"
- Stanley IpkissBoy
main character played by Jim Carrey in the 1994 Film "The Mask"
- Stanley RoperBoy
character on TV series "Three's Company"
- Stanley TimberlakeGirl
Bette Davis's character from "In This Our Life"
- Martha StanleyGirl
from the movie "The Proposition"
- "The Stanley ParableGirl
" game