Sladen — #11551 US boys' name
157 babies named Sladen in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Sladen was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sladen in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sladen
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Sladen between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sladen currently holds the #11551 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sladen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sladen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sladen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 157 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sladen at a glance
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Current rank
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Sladen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #11551 among boys.
157 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 15 births in a single year.
Sladen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 84 births that decade — 54% of Sladen's all-time total
Sladen decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sladen's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.