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Sloan

#840 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Sloane

Sloan has been given to 11,268 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #840 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 530 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% girls, 26% boys all-time.

Babies named Sloan, 2025

1 in 10,200

Sloan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sloan over time

In 2025, Sloan went to 84% girls and 16% boys.

18852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sloan: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Sloane

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sloan means

Sloan is a variant of Sloane.

Origin, language, and formation

Sloan is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sloane.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Sloan is pronounced /sloʊn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,385 girls were recorded with the name Sloan between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 530 in 2021; its best national rank was #572 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #665 in 2020 to #840 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #702 in 2015 to #840 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,883 boys were recorded with the name Sloan between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 94 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,081 in 1885.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,045 in 2020 to #2,282 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,350 in 2015 to #2,282 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sloan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 10,200
324 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,960
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#840
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,093 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sloan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 7,093 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sloan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sloans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sloan was born before 2016 — so the typical Sloan is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
46.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,385
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 46.0% of all recorded uses (3,853).

Is Sloan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−74
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−175
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−138
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.1%
Peak was 2021 (530)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#572
2021

Spellings of Sloan

Sloan is not the most common spelling — Susan is, with 66.2% against Sloan's 0.49%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sloan is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Sloan was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 1,075 girls, against 1 in 3,110 across all states with data. It was least common in Connecticut (1 in 11,111).

993 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 1,075
  2. 2Kansas1 in 1,282
  3. 3Utah1 in 1,316
  4. 4Nebraska1 in 1,389
  5. 5Iowa1 in 1,587
  6. 6Oregon1 in 1,667
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 2,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 2,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Sloan is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 43% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Sloan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Sloan was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 37,390 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 16,667
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 25,000
  3. 3Kansas1 in 25,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  7. 7Indiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Sloan around the world

Where Sloan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2021–2021
    #5,581
    in 2021
  • France
    1999–2021
    #6,532
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #963
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1963–2011
    #514
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Sloan

People whose public names include Sloan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Sloan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#840
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 175
Best rank ever
#572
2021
Peak year
2021
530 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,385
Count in 2025
324

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,282
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 237
Best rank ever
#1,081
1885
Peak year
2021
94 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,883
Count in 2025
62

Names similar to Sloan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SloaneSlokaRoanJoanLoanSloneDoanSamoanMaryjoanIoan

Names with a curve like Sloan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Sloan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KensleyRemyElliottLivJemmaIvannaMilenaCharleighEmmelineAvianaZahraCarter

Sibling names for Sloan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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