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Sloan

girls’ name · 74%boys’ name · 26%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Sloan is ranked 762nd among girls in 2024 (369 births). Its best rank was 572nd, in 2021.

Rank in 2024
#762down 73 from 2023
Births in 2024
3690.02% of girls
Peak year
2021530 births
Best rank
#572in 2021
Since 1953
10,881people given the name
Babies named Sloan, by year of birthgirlsboys
02505007501k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

8,061 girls have been named Sloan in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 530 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Sloan is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are boys (2,820), most of them born around 2021.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Sloan
1950s38
1960s146
1970s131
1980s185
1990s582
2000s908
2010s3,853
2020s2,218

In 2021, its biggest year

Sloan was the 572nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Sloan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.