MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Stanley mean?
Stanley began as an English place name formed from words for stone and a clearing. It later became a surname and then a masculine given name used in India as well.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
स्टैनली
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
സ്റ്റാൻലി
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Stanley in Indian usage
1,799 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 263 |
| 1960s | 458 |
| 1970s | 466 |
| 1980s | 340 |
| 1990s | 138 |
| Other decades | 134 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 1,330 |
| Goa | 266 |
| Other states | 203 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Stanley / M | 536 | 97 |
| Scotland | Stanley / M | 8 | 400 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Stanley ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Stanley; Table_6, C103 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Stanley; Table_6, C103
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Stanley; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Stanley; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy