Girls' name · since 1958
Sloane
Sloane has 24,670 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 24,670
- born since 1958
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sloane is the #141 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 24,670 recorded since 1958.
Sloane has 24,670 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #141 as of the latest data, more common than 99.2% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #928 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #141 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 24,670 born since 1958
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sloane ranks #928 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #141 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 24,670 born since 1958, peaking in the 2020s.
- #928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 24,670
- born since 1958
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sloane's 24,670 recorded births place it above 98.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sloane compares
24,670 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sloane's all-time total is 66x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sloane | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24,670 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,077 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sloane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sloane's full recorded timeline at 1993, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 2,077 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sloane popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,077
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Sloane popularity over time - boys
416 total births recorded since 1968 (Sloane as boys' name)
Sloane by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11,475 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Sloane's strongest decade.
11,475 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Sloane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 175
1960s
175 births
- 1970s 193
1970s
193 births
- 1980s 305
1980s
305 births
- 1990s 785
1990s
785 births
- 2000s 1,605
2000s
1,605 births
- 2010s
2010s
10,125 births
- 2020s
2020s
11,475 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11,475 births (47% of all-time use).
How Sloane compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sloane's total volume
Sloane by state
Where Sloane concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,503 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,167 | 8.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,374 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,225 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,060 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 983 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 933 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 807 | 3.3% |
2,503 of 24,670 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Sloane appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Sloanes (2,503 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sloane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~67 yrs)
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, 1958–2025 (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 Sloane 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.