Boys' name · since 1915
Standley
Standley has 382 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,270 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 382
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
382 boys have been named Standley since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Standley has 382 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2011.
- #9,270 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 382 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Standley ranks #9,270 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 382 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,270 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 382
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Standley's 382 recorded births place it above 79.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Standley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Standley splits its recorded history at 1951: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Standley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2011
- Peak year (1959)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Standley by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (126 births, 33% of the file).
1950s was Standley's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Standley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 22
1910s
22 births
- 1920s 39
1920s
39 births
- 1930s 43
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
126 births
- 1960s
1960s
90 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 126 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Standley's data
- Standley's decade-level peak was the 1950s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Standley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Standley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.