Stanley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Stanley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Stanley: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #59 in 2015, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#59highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Stanley's record

England and Wales registered 1,078 births with the name in 2015, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#265
1997	#246
1998	#256
1999	#200
2000	#204
2001	#185
2002	#194
2003	#177
2004	#151
2005	#144
2006	#129
2007	#114
2008	#112
2009	#98
2010	#88
2011	#80
2012	#74
2013	#70
2014	#60
2015	#59
2016	#65
2017	#70
2018	#72
2019	#67
2020	#74
2021	#82
2022	#92
2023	#90
2024	#102

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #102 among boys in England and Wales, #478 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #95 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #59 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stanley appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 31 ranked years and 129 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Stanley across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Stanley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#214 (1964)	#208 (1967)	#577 (2025)	31 of 62	129 (1964–2025)	7 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#265 (1996)	#59 (2015)	#102 (2024)	29 of 29	16,354 (1996–2024)	1,078 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#282 (2006)	#250 (2017)	#414 (2022)	8 of 17	35 (2006–2022)	7 (2017)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#95 (1952)	#95 (1952)	#96 (1953)	2 of 2	118 (1952–1953)	59 (1952)

Stanley by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Stanley in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	26	6 of 10	4
1970s	26	6 of 10	4
1980s	14	4 of 10	4
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Stanley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #59 in England and Wales in 2015.

Stanley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#102	523	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#90	582	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#92	609	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#82	724	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#74	751	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#67	922	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#72	877	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#70	914	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#65	1,019	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#59	1,078	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#60	1,059	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#70	904	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#74	890	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#80	824	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#88	737	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#98	627	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#112	519	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#114	496	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#129	413	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#144	345	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#151	303	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#177	217	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#194	176	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#185	186	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#204	158	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#200	160	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#256	113	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#246	120	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#265	108	High	Verified
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	59	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	59	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #59, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,078 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 72 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Stanislaw · #151, 60y
Star · #430, 29y
Starla · #407, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lindsay · #58, 55y
Casper · #61, 46y
Jakub · #57, 53y
Antony · #56, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carina · #60, 67y
Connie · #58, 69y
Darryl · #58, 66y
Janette · #58, 45y

Stanley was ranked #59 in England and Wales · Boys in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Stanley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Stanley without appearing here.

Stanley moved ahead of

Andreas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #556 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.
Harris Compare
In 2024 they stood at #755 and #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Courtney Compare
In 1996 they stood at #265 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #246 and #399.

Moved ahead of Stanley

Bradley Compare
In 2003 they stood at #272 and #303 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #506 and #159.
Tyler Compare
In 2003 they stood at #263 and #342 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #506 and #190.
Lucas Compare
In 2003 they stood at #263 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #506 and #203.
Brodie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #430.

Moved the opposite way to Stanley

Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Isaac Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 while Isaac went from #232 to #104.
Leo Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 while Leo went from #101 to #10.
Oliver Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 while Oliver went from #68 to #18.

Moved the same way as Stanley

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 and Andrew from #34 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Stanley went from #214 to #577 and Anthony from #12 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #59 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Stanley

Stanley at a glance

What stands out in Stanley's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Stanley across 4 official records

Stanley by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stanley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Stanley and the names beside it

Stanley moved ahead of

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Stanley at a glance

What stands out in Stanley's record

Stanley across 4 official records

Stanley by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Stanley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Stanley

Stanley and the names beside it

Stanley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Stanley

Moved the opposite way to Stanley

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