Sloan

What Sloan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sloan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 324 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sloan?

US: Falling: down from #701 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 530 girls got the name (#572 that year). First in the US records in 1953.

How common

• About 1 in 4,961 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.64 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.68 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sloan is #838 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.9% of US babies named Sloan were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sloane2,077 US · 46 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sloan

Girls

• Raelynn#116Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #116 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*

For a brother

• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US
• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sloan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.