Fun Facts About the Name Sloane
- More than 25 thousand babies named Sloane: U.S. records list 25,079 babies given the name Sloane from 1880 through 2025. Even 416 boys received the name Sloane - about 1 boy for every 59 girls.
What Does the Name Sloane Mean?
Sloane is an English-language given name that comes from the Irish and Scottish surname also spelled Sloan. The surname is an anglicized form of the Irish Ó Sluagháin, meaning "descendant of Sluaghán." Sluaghán was a Gaelic personal name built from sluagh, which means "army," "host," or "multitude," combined with a diminutive ending. On that basis the name is usually glossed as "warrior" or "raider," a customary interpretation of the army-related root rather than a word-for-word translation.
Sloane Name History & Origins
The surname developed separately in Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland it appears as Ó Sluagháin, the surname of a family whose ancestral figure bore the personal name Sluaghán; in Scotland it is recorded as Sloan or Sloane. As with many Irish and Scottish family names, it became hereditary well before the modern period and passed into English usage through anglicization of the Gaelic forms.
The name later came into use as a given name in the English-speaking world, first mainly for boys and increasingly for girls from the late twentieth century. The street and square named Sloane in London take their name from Sir Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753), the physician and collector whose bequest helped establish the British Museum; those places preserve the surname rather than the given name. A well-known fictional bearer is Sloane Peterson in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which helped keep the name visible in American popular culture.
How Popular is the Name Sloane?
Sloane recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #140 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #141 | 2,077 | 0.1292% |
| 2024 | #153 | 1,937 | 0.1201% |
| 2023 | #151 | 1,896 | 0.1183% |
| 2022 | #140 | 2,056 | 0.1255% |
| 2021 | #144 | 1,920 | 0.1171% |
| 2020 | #181 | 1,584 | 0.0980% |
| 2019 | #192 | 1,547 | 0.0922% |
| 2018 | #181 | 1,631 | 0.0959% |
| 2017 | #221 | 1,407 | 0.0815% |
| 2016 | #266 | 1,191 | 0.0672% |
| 2015 | #327 | 998 | 0.0559% |
| 2014 | #369 | 882 | 0.0494% |
| 2013 | #405 | 756 | 0.0431% |
| 2012 | #479 | 640 | 0.0363% |
| 2011 | #511 | 576 | 0.0327% |
| 2010 | #593 | 497 | 0.0280% |
| 2009 | #886 | 310 | 0.0169% |
| 2008 | #1,004 | 264 | 0.0140% |
| 2007 | #1,178 | 217 | 0.0113% |
| 2006 | #1,397 | 163 | 0.0086% |
| 2005 | #1,666 | 120 | 0.0065% |
| 2004 | #1,411 | 148 | 0.0081% |
| 2003 | #1,967 | 93 | 0.0051% |
| 2002 | #1,778 | 102 | 0.0057% |
| 2001 | #1,738 | 104 | 0.0058% |
| 2000 | #2,013 | 83 | 0.0046% |
| 1999 | #1,632 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 1998 | #1,655 | 98 | 0.0055% |
| 1997 | #2,133 | 66 | 0.0038% |
| 1996 | #1,976 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 1995 | #1,699 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 1994 | #2,163 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 1993 | #2,043 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 1992 | #1,660 | 92 | 0.0050% |
| 1991 | #1,993 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 1990 | #2,050 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 1989 | #2,020 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 1988 | #2,126 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1987 | #2,093 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1986 | #3,123 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #2,856 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1984 | #4,938 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #4,454 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #4,505 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #4,932 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #8,947 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #4,602 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #5,509 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #4,043 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #5,154 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #5,456 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1973 | #3,002 | 23 | 0.0016% |
| 1972 | #3,165 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1971 | #3,249 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1970 | #2,037 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1969 | #2,099 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1968 | #3,145 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1967 | #4,262 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #2,652 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1965 | #2,669 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1964 | #2,738 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1963 | #2,355 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1962 | #5,236 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #5,247 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #5,331 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,128 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #5,010 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #4,442 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #5,400 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #4,757 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,937 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #5,310 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #7,066 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #9,559 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #5,524 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #11,904 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,666 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #12,064 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #5,908 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #11,987 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #10,809 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #10,872 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #9,647 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #11,269 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #7,171 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #9,251 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #8,205 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #8,101 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #9,737 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #5,854 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,285 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #5,716 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #5,585 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #5,047 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #9,315 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #5,117 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #7,130 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #5,842 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,119 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,145 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #4,089 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #6,376 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #6,217 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,005 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #3,918 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #4,840 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,181 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #4,660 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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