Baby Name Popularity Profile

Sloan

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Sloan.

✦ Raider or warrior 🌍 Irish, Celtic Traditional
National Rank (2025) #840
All-Time Peak Rank #572 Achieved 2021
Total U.S. Births 8,385 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 17.4% Boy / 82.6% Girl Leans Female
Boy Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Boy usage
First Recorded 1953 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 530 births in 2021
💡 The Sloan Vibe: Considered a Modern Trend. A contemporary choice reflecting current cultural naming rhythms and popularity brackets.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Raider or warrior
Language Origin Irish, Celtic
Origin Type multiple
Derived from the Irish surname Ó Sluagháin, meaning 'descendant of Sluaghán'. Sluaghán is a diminutive of 'sluagh', meaning 'host, army, expedition'.
Alternative Spellings
Sloane
Pronunciation: SLOHN
Themes & Categories
Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Sloan across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -25.2%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -20.2%
2015: 406 births 406 2016: 517 births 2017: 497 births 2018: 520 births 2019: 482 births 2020: 433 births 433 2021: 530 births 2022: 465 births 2023: 421 births 2024: 369 births 2025: 324 births 324
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 530 births in 2021
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 45 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 38
1960s: 146
1970s: 131
1980s: 185
1990s: 582
2000s: 908
2010s: 3,853
2020s: 2,542

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Sloan
Letter Count 5 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 7.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 7.7% of SSA names. Starts with S, a letter used by only 7.9% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Colorado
Top States Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona
States with Data 39
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Colorado #628 274 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #695 185 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 49 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #474 109 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #1023 144 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #570 122 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #1057 879 2018 44.9% Decline
Washington Unranked 169 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #1533 303 2018 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #895 248 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 61 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #457 152 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #434 109 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #546 308 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #584 176 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #646 185 2023 Insufficient historical volume
California #826 734 2016 28.0% Decline
Illinois #788 338 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #687 88 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #877 137 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #793 164 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 23 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #1025 131 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #791 254 2018 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 76 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #644 222 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin Unranked 81 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #548 44 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland Unranked 58 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #863 77 2017 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey Unranked 85 2018 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota #273 10 2018 Insufficient historical volume
New York #1640 218 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 46 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Montana Unranked 7 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #564 39 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama Unranked 36 2018 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota Unranked 5 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut Unranked 10 2020 Insufficient historical volume

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