Standley

Peak · boys
1959 · 20 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
382
since 1915

Standley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Standley has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,806, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2011#12,2875
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2007#12,3675
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1982#6,3855
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1973#3,6948
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1970#3,5218
1969#3,5957
1968#3,6736
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1966#3,2497
1965#2,9828
1964#2,66510
1963#2,8589
1962#2,03516
1961#2,14815
1960#2,42312
1959#1,80620
1958#2,26513
1957#2,01916
1956#2,62810
1955#2,13914
1954#2,04415
1953#2,9058
1952#2,51410
1951#2,36711
1950#2,5809
1949#3,0197
1948#3,3166
1947#3,7335
1946#3,1736
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1944#2,8627
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1938#2,6468
1937#2,6808
1936#2,30110
1935#3,6455
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1933#3,2686
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1930#3,5926
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1928#3,0768
1927#3,1518
1926#4,2015
1925#3,7416
1924#3,8676
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1921#3,8696
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1919#4,1685
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1917#3,5456
1916#3,8975
1915#3,3926
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Standley! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Standley is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Standley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Standley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1959 at #1,806 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 103,721
  • Highest: 1 in 103,721 boys born in 1936 were named Standley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 379,850 boys born in 2011 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,806 in 1959, was only 1 in 106,726 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 33.0% of all boys named Standley (126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s22#3,392 (1915)#3,751
1920s39#3,076 (1928)#3,651
1930s43#2,301 (1936)#3,022
1940s31#2,862 (1944)#3,221
1950s126#1,806 (1959)#2,327
1960s90#2,035 (1962)#2,848
1970s16#3,521 (1970)#3,608
1980s5#6,385 (1982)#6,385
1990s0——
2000s5#12,367 (2007)#12,367
2010s5#12,287 (2011)#12,287

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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