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Baby name
Stanley
Boy
Origin of the name
Stanley was first an English place name and surname meaning “stony field.”
Classic name
301,425births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 58rank at its peak, in 1954
Where babies named Stanley are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Stanley is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Stanley is most common in Hawaii (2.7 times), Vermont (1.9) and Pennsylvania (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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