Sloan

Where Sloan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sloan.

  • 1 syllable
Sloan through the years
  1. 1920
    Sloan Wilson born
    American writer
  2. 1953
    First appearance
    #5,040 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1989
    Sloan Privat born
    French association football player
  4. 1998
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2021
    Peak, #572
    530 babies named Sloan, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A female given name.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Sloan Privat · French association football player, born 1989
  • Sloan Wilson · American writer, 1920–2003
  • Sloan Doak · American equestrian, 1886–1965
  • Sloan MacKenzie · Canadian canoeist, born 2002
  • Sloan Farrington · Bahamian sailor, 1923–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.