Sloane

What Sloane means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #327 in 2015, #141 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sloane?

US: Rising: up from #327 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4103 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,077 girls got the name (#141 that year). First in the US records in 1958.

How common

• About 1 in 774 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,506 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,118 baby girls in Scotland 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 ME (4.82 per 1,000 girls), ND (3.7 per 1,000 girls), CO (3.39 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Sloane is #141 in the US and #792 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.4% of US babies named Sloane 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

• Sloan324 US

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 Sloane

Girls

• Raelynn#116Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #116 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025

For a brother

• 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
• 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
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys

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 Sloane’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.