Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Stanley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Stanley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.7% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

6,448

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

95.7%

2024

275

All-time

301,142

Stanley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 6,448 boys were named Stanley.

In 2024, only 275 boys were given the name.

Down 95.7% from its peak.

All told, about 301,142 Americans have been named Stanley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.7% from peak

19546,448 boys named Stanley

2024275 boys named Stanley

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