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Stanley

in the US

There are 205,102 people with the first name "Stanley" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Stanley 221
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  1. is 217th most common Francis
  2. is 218th most common Danny
  3. is 219th most common Irene
  4. is 220th most common Willie
  5. is 221st most common Stanley
  6. is 222nd most common Bryan
  7. is 223rd most common Bobby
  8. is 224th most common Victoria
  9. is 225th most common Julia

Similar Names and Nicknames

Stanly, Stanlee, Stanely, Stanle, Stanla, Stanli, Stanel, Stanlie, Staniel, Stanl

Most Common Last Names for Stanley

Smith, Johnson, Jones, Brown, Williams, Miller, Davis, Wilson, Morgan, Anderson

Meaning & History

(male) Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of numerous places (in Derbys., Durham, Gloucs., Staffs., Wilts., and Yorks.) so called from Old English stān ‘stone’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. This is well established as a given name, and has been widely used as such since the 1880s. It had been in occasional use over a century earlier. Its popularity seems to have stemmed at least in part from the fame of the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), who was born in Wales as John Rowlands but later took the name of his adoptive father, a New Orleans cotton dealer.

Short form: Stan.

Recent Searches for "Stanley" in the US

Since June 2009
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Stanley Smith (965 searches)
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