Sloan
Sloan is given to both girls and boys: 324 girls and 62 boys were given it in 2025 (#840 among girls’ names and #2,282 among boys’, #1,411 among all names counting both); 11,268 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Sloan every year since 1998.
An estimated 10,900 Americans named Sloan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 6 and 20.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sloan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sloan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sloan is “a female given name.”
/sloʊn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sloan?
#840 among girls’ names, 2025
Sloan fell from #702 in 2015 to #840 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.23 to 0.20 per 1,000.
624 babies in 2021, the peak
Sloan peaked in 2021, when 624 babies were given it (530 girls, #572 among girls’ names). The 386 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 62% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 324 | #840 | 62 | #2,282 |
| 2024 | 369 | #766 | 72 | #2,094 |
| 2023 | 421 | #689 | 79 | #1,963 |
| 2022 | 465 | #634 | 84 | #1,889 |
| 2021 | 530 | #572 | 94 | #1,739 |
| 2020 | 433 | #665 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2019 | 482 | #623 | 78 | #1,912 |
| 2018 | 520 | #587 | 87 | #1,776 |
| 2017 | 497 | #610 | 92 | #1,714 |
| 2016 | 517 | #591 | 74 | #1,969 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 406 | #702 | 56 | #2,350 |
| 2014 | 337 | #822 | 73 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 297 | #871 | 66 | #2,062 |
| 2012 | 257 | #984 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2011 | 291 | #897 | 73 | #1,920 |
| 2010 | 249 | #1,011 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,543 | 59 | #2,247 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,799 | 54 | #2,401 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,846 | 50 | #2,529 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,264 | 44 | #2,690 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,926 | 41 | #2,690 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,338 | 49 | #2,331 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,221 | 48 | #2,256 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,120 | 43 | #2,395 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,166 | 42 | #2,374 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,151 | 46 | #2,187 |
| 1999 | 78 | #2,012 | 54 | #1,847 |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,796 | 38 | #2,339 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,616 | 51 | #1,851 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,202 | 52 | #1,779 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,413 | 41 | #2,046 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,424 | 48 | #1,814 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,341 | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,422 | 34 | #2,243 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,690 | 29 | #2,452 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,630 | 29 | #2,421 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,862 | 34 | #2,095 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,380 | 30 | #2,128 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,842 | 32 | #1,967 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,744 | 27 | #2,147 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,310 | 28 | #2,064 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,146 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,410 | 15 | #3,050 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,491 | 18 | #2,693 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,844 | 21 | #2,407 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 24 | #2,208 | |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,875 | 14 | #3,146 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,562 | 15 | #2,907 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,049 | 21 | #2,260 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,998 | 8 | #4,363 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,917 | 17 | #2,522 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,419 | 31 | #1,614 |
| 1973 | 23 | #3,001 | 26 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 11 | #5,056 | 16 | #2,409 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,482 | 15 | #2,537 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,566 | 27 | #1,692 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,386 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,143 | 11 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 12 | #4,018 | 10 | #2,743 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,736 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,597 | 10 | #2,756 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,661 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,415 | 11 | #2,650 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,467 | 5 | #4,547 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,399 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 8 | #3,304 | |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,493 | 5 | #4,498 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,360 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,870 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,599 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 5 | #4,299 | |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,588 | 9 | #2,879 |
| 1952 | under 5 | 10 | #2,656 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 6 | #3,663 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 8 | #2,991 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 7 | #3,283 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 9 | #2,839 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 7 | #3,199 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 5 | #3,979 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 6 | #3,450 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 8 | #2,835 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 8 | #2,798 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 5 | #3,987 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 8 | #2,917 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 6 | #3,623 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 5 | #4,473 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 9 | #2,944 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 6 | #4,125 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 7 | #3,692 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 5 | #4,862 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 8 | #3,426 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 6 | #4,249 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 6 | #4,261 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 11 | #2,739 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 9 | #3,090 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 10 | #2,854 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 5 | #4,496 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 5 | #4,437 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 13 | #2,162 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 9 | #2,429 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,860 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,712 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 5 | #1,081 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sloan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,268 Americans recorded as Sloan, 74% are girls and 26% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sloan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sloan, and how old are they?
10,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 11,268 Americans ever recorded as Sloan. The median Sloan alive today is 11 years old; half are between 6 and 20.
The 2020 Census counted 7,783 people named Sloan (5,733 women and girls, 2,050 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,091 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 146 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 452 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,010 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,730 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,540 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sloan born?
The states with the most babies named Sloan are Texas, California and Pennsylvania, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 38 | #1,057 | 1.1× |
| California | 36 | #826 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #644 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 15 | #546 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 13 | #793 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 12 | #788 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 12 | #791 | 0.6× |
| Minnesota | 12 | #457 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 11 | #895 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 10 | #646 | 0.7× |
Where Sloan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sloan is most over-represented in Colorado: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sloan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 36,354 babies since 1880, Sloan is the second most given (31% of them). In 2025 it was given to 386 of their 2,475 babies (16%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sloan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sloan and names like it
- Compare Sloan and SloaneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sSloan peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sloan since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Sloan.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Sloan alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.