Stanley is a boy's name of English origin meaning “stone and meadow.” In 2024 it was given to 275 boys in the United States.
Stanley belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “stone and meadow” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Stanley first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #34 in 1915, and in 2024 275 babies received the name — 301,142 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Stanley means “stone and meadow” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Stanley is a boy name. In 2024, 275 babies received the name in the US.
Stanley comes from the English & American tradition.
Stanley first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #34 in 1915, and 275 babies were given the name in 2024.
Stanley is pronounced /ˈstænli/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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