How rare is the name Sloan?

7,783 people in the United States have the first name Sloan, about 1 in 38,807. It ranks #2,922 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SLOAN

#2,922

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,783
About
1 in 38,807
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,783 people named Sloan, 81.1% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as two or more races. 73.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sloan peaked in 2021, when 624 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
624
In 2025*
386 ▼38%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 11,268 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sloan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,168. The largest share of babies named Sloan, 58.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#5,28862
1920s#7,05458
1930s#7,69532
1940s#7,38742
1950s#6,53681
1960s#3,836252
1970s#3,915321
1980s#3,759437
1990s#2,676993
2000s#2,6471,384
2010s#1,2084,598
2020s#1,1683,003
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–641.7%
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–969.3%
Generation Z 1997–1224.5%
2013 and later58.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sloan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sloan has been most common in Colorado (3.3×), Utah (3.2×), and Texas (2.2×), and least common in Alabama (0.28×).

6,903 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sloan

#2,920 Iman · 7,791#2,921 Oleg · 7,785#2,923 Luanne · 7,778#2,924 Areli · 7,772

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sloan, most common first.

#2,075 Sloane · 13,114

Also a last name

As a last name, Sloan ranks #808 of 156,621, with 41,599 people. See Sloan as a last name

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