NameTides

Sloan

Sloan was the #838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (324 babies), and #916 in Canada.

Sloan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sloan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Sloan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#838 (324)—#916 (30)
2024#762 (369)—#970 (28)
2023#689 (421)—#650 (44)
2022#634 (465)—#548 (52)
2021#572 (530)#5,581 (3)#363 (90)
2020#664 (433)—#429 (70)
2019#622 (482)—#394 (82)
2018#587 (520)—#481 (67)
2017#609 (497)—#435 (75)
2016#590 (517)—#420 (81)
2015#701 (406)—#482 (67)
2014#821 (337)—#602 (51)
2013#866 (297)—#581 (51)
2012#978 (257)—#613 (47)
2011#896 (291)—#587 (49)

Sloan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Sloan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Sloan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,258 (62)#4,275 (4)—#2,095 (9)
2024#2,078 (72)#3,689 (5)#727 (3)#2,062 (9)
2023#1,954 (79)——#2,921 (5)
2022#1,875 (84)#4,002 (4)#703 (3)#1,284 (16)
2021#1,721 (94)—#533 (5)#2,260 (7)
2020#2,024 (70)——#1,382 (14)
2019#1,899 (78)——#1,448 (13)
2018#1,762 (87)——#1,279 (15)
2017#1,707 (92)——#1,194 (17)
2016#1,959 (74)——#1,346 (14)
2015#2,328 (56)——#2,139 (7)
2014#1,959 (73)——#1,778 (9)
2013#2,044 (66)——#1,312 (14)
2012#1,923 (74)#4,805 (3)—#1,334 (14)
2011#1,905 (73)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #572.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.
  • In 2025, 84% of US babies named Sloan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 28,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sloan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,400 to 1 in 5,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sloan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #611INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #814CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Sloan (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Sloan (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SloanCanadaGirls#91630
SloanCanadaBoys#2,0959
SloanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SloanEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
SloanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SloanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SloanScotlandBoys—too few
SloanUSGirls#838324
SloanUSBoys#2,25862