How rare is the name Sloane?

13,114 people in the United States have the first name Sloane, about 1 in 23,031. It ranks #2,075 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SLOANE

#2,075

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,114
About
1 in 23,031
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,114 people named Sloane, 81.4% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as two or more races and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sloane peaked in 2025, when 2,089 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19582025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,089
In 2025*
2,089
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 25,086 babies have been given the name since 1958. 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.

Sloane by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #358. The largest share of babies named Sloane, 80%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#13,6877
1960s#4,650180
1970s#4,909230
1980s#4,334350
1990s#2,980846
2000s#2,3291,666
2010s#64910,222
2020s#35811,585
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–963.6%
Generation Z 1997–1214.7%
2013 and later80%

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 Sloane is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sloane has been most common in Utah (2.7×), Colorado (2.6×), and Washington (1.7×), and least common in West Virginia (0.2×).

22,793 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.

Exactly as common as Sloane

1 other first name also has 13,114 people.

#2,075 Alonso · 13,114

Either side of Sloane

#2,074 Meaghan · 13,115#2,075 Alonso · 13,114#2,077 Lorelei · 13,113#2,078 Deanne · 13,070

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sloane, most common first.

#2,922 Sloan · 7,783#35,251 Slone · 229

Also a last name

As a last name, Sloane ranks #9,076 of 156,621, with 3,458 people. See Sloane as a last name

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