Sloan
- #838 for girls in 2025, 324 births
- #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
- Given to girls 74.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 530 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,385since 1953
Sloan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #838 | 324 | #2,258 | 62 |
| 2024 | #762 | 369 | #2,078 | 72 |
| 2023 | #689 | 421 | #1,954 | 79 |
| 2022 | #634 | 465 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2021 | #572 | 530 | #1,721 | 94 |
| 2020 | #664 | 433 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #622 | 482 | #1,899 | 78 |
| 2018 | #587 | 520 | #1,762 | 87 |
| 2017 | #609 | 497 | #1,707 | 92 |
| 2016 | #590 | 517 | #1,959 | 74 |
| 2015 | #701 | 406 | #2,328 | 56 |
| 2014 | #821 | 337 | #1,959 | 73 |
| 2013 | #866 | 297 | #2,044 | 66 |
| 2012 | #978 | 257 | #1,923 | 74 |
| 2011 | #896 | 291 | #1,905 | 73 |
| 2010 | #1,008 | 249 | #1,940 | 72 |
| 2009 | #1,538 | 147 | #2,231 | 59 |
| 2008 | #1,789 | 122 | #2,374 | 54 |
| 2007 | #1,838 | 115 | #2,504 | 50 |
| 2006 | #2,248 | 85 | #2,659 | 44 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #2,203 | 78 | #2,238 | 48 |
| 2002 | #2,113 | 80 | #2,372 | 43 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 | #2,346 | 42 |
| 2000 | #2,141 | 75 | #2,175 | 46 |
| 1999 | #1,999 | 78 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #1,789 | 87 | #2,312 | 38 |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 | #1,836 | 51 |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #1,764 | 52 |
| 1995 | #2,394 | 54 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #1,938 | 32 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
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| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
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| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five girls were named Sloan! It came in at #5,040, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sloan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- South Dakota#233 · 1 in 610
- Iowa#390 · 1 in 1,472
- Minnesota#422 · 1 in 1,790
- Oregon#429 · 1 in 1,632
- Arkansas#489 · 1 in 1,766
Best ever in a state: #135 in Montana, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #233 | 5 | 1 in 610 |
| Iowa | #390 | 8 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Minnesota | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Oregon | #429 | 8 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Missouri | #556 | 10 | 1 in 2,430 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Indiana | #611 | 10 | 1 in 2,791 |
| Pennsylvania | #615 | 16 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Ohio | #743 | 12 | 1 in 3,939 |
| Georgia | #748 | 13 | 1 in 3,478 |
| Illinois | #748 | 12 | 1 in 3,694 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Tennessee | #813 | 8 | 1 in 4,009 |
| California | #814 | 36 | 1 in 4,492 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Texas | #1,037 | 27 | 1 in 5,946 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sloan
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 174 spots since 2020 (#664 → #838)
- Biggest jump: 120 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 82 spots in 2012
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2021 at #572 (530 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,096
- Highest: 1 in 3,096 girls born in 2021 were named Sloan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,961 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 46.0% of all girls named Sloan (3,853) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 38 | #3,232 (1958) | #4,891 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,364 (1963) | #3,744 |
| 1970s | 131 | #2,522 (1970) | #5,692 |
| 1980s | 185 | #2,810 (1989) | #4,278 |
| 1990s | 582 | #1,789 (1998) | #2,333 |
| 2000s | 908 | #1,538 (2009) | #2,125 |
| 2010s | 3,853 | #587 (2018) | #768 |
| 2020s | 2,542 | #572 (2021) | #693 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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