Sloan Girl
How popular is Sloan?
#838 girl name in 2025
324 baby girls were named Sloan in the US in 2025, making it the 838th most popular girl name. Another 62 boys got the name (#2,258 for boys).
Sloan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #838 for girls (▼ 76 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 324 girls, 62 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #701 in 2015, #664 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (530 girls) |
| Highest rank | #572 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 15% boys, 85% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sloan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sloane family of names ranked #140 for girls in 2025 (#150 the year before), with 2,401 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sloane | 2,077 | 87% |
| Sloan | 324 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sloan is most popular
Babies named Sloan per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Sloan by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 38 | #3,231 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,363 |
| 1970s | 131 | #2,522 |
| 1980s | 185 | #2,804 |
| 1990s | 582 | #1,786 |
| 2000s | 908 | #1,538 |
| 2010s | 3,853 | #587 |
| 2020s | 2,542 | #572 |
Girl names about as popular as Sloan
Questions
- Is Sloan a boy or girl name?
- Sloan is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 85% of babies named Sloan were girls.
- How popular is the name Sloan?
- 324 baby girls were named Sloan in the US in 2025, making it the 838th most popular girl name. Another 62 boys got the name (#2,258 for boys).
- When was Sloan most popular?
- Sloan peaked in 2021, when 530 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #572 in 2021.
- How many people are named Sloan?
- 11,268 babies have been named Sloan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,928 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Sloan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sloan was most common in Colorado, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.