Sloan

#838 for girls in 2025, 324 births · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2021 · 530 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,385
since 1953

Sloan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #936, 1885girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#838324#2,25862
2024#762369#2,07872
2023#689421#1,95479
2022#634465#1,87584
2021#572530#1,72194
2020#664433#2,02470
2019#622482#1,89978
2018#587520#1,76287
2017#609497#1,70792
2016#590517#1,95974
2015#701406#2,32856
2014#821337#1,95973
2013#866297#2,04466
2012#978257#1,92374
2011#896291#1,90573
2010#1,008249#1,94072
2009#1,538147#2,23159
2008#1,789122#2,37454
2007#1,838115#2,50450
2006#2,24885#2,65944
2005#2,90256#2,65341
2004#2,32674#2,31649
2003#2,20378#2,23848
2002#2,11380#2,37243
2001#2,15176#2,34642
2000#2,14175#2,17546
1999#1,99978#1,82454
1998#1,78987#2,31238
1997#2,59049#1,83651
1996#2,17762#1,76452
1995#2,39454#2,02641
1994#2,41253#1,79548
1993#2,32255#2,20935
1992#2,38654#2,21434
1991#2,66045#2,40629
1990#2,60045#2,37329
1989#2,81039#2,06834
1988#3,30629#2,09030
1987#3,74323#1,93832
1986#3,64523#2,09627
1985#5,07714#2,01928
1984#3,99019#2,23223
1983#5,14813#2,91215
1982#5,20913#2,59618
1981#5,57112#2,33821
1980#2,16224
1979#8,0617#3,01814
1978#8,5626#2,79915
1977#9,6525#2,20221
1976#7,2967#4,0128
1975#5,51610#2,45017
1974#4,22714#1,58231
1973#2,91423#1,73626
1972#4,79311#2,32316
1971#3,37319#2,46415
1970#2,52229#1,65827
1969#4,19812#1,64225
1968#3,05718#2,57611
1967#3,84512#2,61110
1966#2,66821#2,04315
1965#2,53823#2,61710
1964#2,60023#2,54611
1963#2,36426#2,53911
1962#5,8606#4,0335
1961#6,5675
1960#3,0778
1959#5,0317#3,9885
1958#3,23214
1957
1956#5,3256
1955#5,8285
1954#3,8275
1953#5,0406#2,7099
1952#2,51410
1951#3,3646
1950#2,7708
1949
1948#3,0107
1947#2,6719
1946
1945
1944
1943#2,9647
1942#3,5605
1941#3,1336
1940#2,6718
1939#2,6098
1938
1937
1936#3,5495
1935#2,7198
1934#3,2776
1933
1932
1931
1930#4,0015
1929#2,7669
1928
1927
1926#3,7086
1925#3,4087
1924#4,3475
1923#3,1758
1922#3,8726
1921#3,8696
1920#2,60211
1919#2,8779
1918#2,69910
1917#3,9815
1916#3,8975
1915#2,07013
1914#2,2719
1913
1912#2,5445
1911#1,5376
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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.

See more about Sloan
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s38#3,232 (1958)#4,891
1960s146#2,364 (1963)#3,744
1970s131#2,522 (1970)#5,692
1980s185#2,810 (1989)#4,278
1990s582#1,789 (1998)#2,333
2000s908#1,538 (2009)#2,125
2010s3,853#587 (2018)#768
2020s2,542#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 1987

girls
#3,743
23 births · 1 in 75,593 girls
boys
#1,938
32 births · 1 in 58,343 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #3,743Sloan23

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #1,938Sloan32
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 75,593 of them was named Sloan, which outranked 71.8% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sloan
  1. #3,624Vivianna24
  2. #3,624Willa24
  3. #3,624Yashica24
  4. #3,743Sloan23
  5. #3,743Aaryn23
  6. #3,743Adair23
  7. #3,743Adriann23
  8. #3,857Ahna22
  9. #3,857Alaine22
  10. #3,857Alejandrina22

Tied with 113 names at #3,743; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 58,343 of them was named Sloan, which outranked 76.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sloan
  1. #1,896Tori33
  2. #1,896Torry33
  3. #1,896Yusuf33
  4. #1,938Sloan32
  5. #1,938Benjaman32
  6. #1,938Branson32
  7. #1,938Chasen32
  8. #1,974Antron31
  9. #1,974Arian31
  10. #1,974Ashwin31

Tied with 35 names at #1,938; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987