Sloan
#838 for girls in 2025, 324 births · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#774 · 1 in 3,840
- Illinois#932 · 1 in 5,519
- Indiana#1,030 · 1 in 6,501
- Washington#1,093 · 1 in 6,429
- North Carolina#1,120 · 1 in 6,868
Best ever in a state: #135 in Montana, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #774 | 5 | 1 in 3,840 |
| Illinois | #932 | 12 | 1 in 5,519 |
| Indiana | #1,030 | 5 | 1 in 6,501 |
| Washington | #1,093 | 5 | 1 in 6,429 |
| North Carolina | #1,120 | 7 | 1 in 6,868 |
| Ohio | #1,248 | 6 | 1 in 9,398 |
| Texas | #1,589 | 14 | 1 in 11,980 |
| California | #1,938 | 13 | 1 in 17,642 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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
- 76 spots since 2024 (#762 → #838)
- 174 spots since 2020 (#664 → #838)
- 137 spots since 2015 (#701 → #838)
- Biggest jump: 120 spots in 2015 (#821 → #701)
- Biggest drop: 82 spots in 2012 (#896 → #978)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2021 at #572 (530 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- 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%)
- 46.0% of all girls named Sloan (3,853) were born in this decade
- 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.
Sloan in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 15,499 of them was named Sloan, which outranked 91.3% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,786Adina123
- #1,786Cailey123
- #1,786Janell123
- #1,789Sloan122
- #1,789Chandler122
- #1,789Cooper122
- #1,789Elly122
- #1,800Aidan121
- #1,800Brooklin121
- #1,800Jadelyn121
Tied with 10 names at #1,789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 37,781 of them was named Sloan, which outranked 83.8% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,345Ravi55
- #2,345Ryden55
- #2,345Shai55
- #2,374Sloan54
- #2,374Abdullahi54
- #2,374Bennie54
- #2,374Boaz54
- #2,405Ashley53
- #2,405Aydon53
- #2,405Bennet53
Tied with 30 names at #2,374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.