girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Sloane

Meaning A unisex given name Gender Girl · 2% boys Rank 2025 #141 Trend ↑ Rising 28%

A unisex given name. A female given name.

Rank 2025
#141
among girls · ↑12 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,089
named Sloane · +7% vs 2024
How common
1 in 774
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
2,089 babies
All-time total
25,086
#928 all-time among girls
First recorded
1958
in Social Security records

Sloane popularity over time

25,086 babies have been named Sloane since 1958, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s 7 – 7 1 – #5,332
1960s 175 5 180 18 +2471% #2,099
1970s 193 37 230 23 +28% #2,009
1980s 305 45 350 35 +52% #2,020
1990s 785 61 846 85 +142% #1,632
2000s 1,605 61 1,666 167 +97% #886
2010s 10,125 97 10,222 1,022 +514% #181
2020s (to 2025) 11,475 110 11,585 1,931 +89% #140

Where Sloane is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,163 1.35 #133
2027 2,240 1.39 #123
2028 2,307 1.44 #118
2029 2,365 1.47 #116
2030 2,416 1.50 #114

Where Sloane is most popular

Girls named Sloane per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.22 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Delaware, and Nebraska.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Sloane born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 60 5.06 +315%
Delaware 41 3.61 +196%
Nebraska 115 3.20 +162%
Colorado 332 2.97 +144%
Maine 45 2.91 +139%
Utah 241 2.90 +138%
North Dakota 37 2.81 +131%
Connecticut 162 2.78 +128%
Montana 36 2.66 +118%
Massachusetts 311 2.57 +111%
Kansas 143 2.48 +103%
Rhode Island 31 2.48 +103%
South Dakota 35 2.45 +101%
New Hampshire 42 2.27 +87%
Pennsylvania 511 2.16 +77%
Illinois 491 2.14 +76%
Vermont 10 2.06 +69%
Minnesota 217 2.01 +65%
Missouri 241 2.00 +64%
Idaho 64 1.91 +57%
Washington 276 1.91 +57%
Wisconsin 194 1.88 +54%
Iowa 108 1.85 +52%
Ohio 417 1.76 +44%
Michigan 314 1.72 +41%
Oregon 111 1.70 +40%
New Jersey 302 1.67 +37%
Maryland 171 1.61 +32%
Indiana 210 1.50 +23%
Arkansas 79 1.49 +23%
Virginia 240 1.41 +15%
Wyoming 6 1.41 +15%
Oklahoma 102 1.39 +14%
New York 540 1.36 +12%
Arizona 190 1.35 +11%
North Carolina 307 1.35 +11%
Tennessee 211 1.33 +9%
Kentucky 108 1.26 ≈ national
South Carolina 106 1.18 ≈ national
California 974 1.16 -5%
Nevada 52 1.12 -8%
Texas 846 1.05 -14%
Louisiana 88 1.01 -18%
Florida 377 0.881 -28%
Georgia 197 0.867 -29%
Hawaii 9 0.785 -36%
Alabama 68 0.724 -41%
Alaska 6 0.697 -43%
New Mexico 11 0.452 -63%
West Virginia 11 0.420 -66%
Mississippi 10 0.214 -82%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Sloane

Sloane is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #141 in 2025 with 2,077 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1958, 25,086 American babies have been named Sloane. Its peak came in 2025, when 2,089 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Sloane stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Sloane?

The median living Sloane is about 6 years old; half are between 3 and 11. An estimated 25 thousand people named Sloane are alive in the United States today.

median 6 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Sloane year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,077 #141 12 #7,128
2024 1,941 #153 20 #5,030
2023 1,897 #151 24 #4,445
2022 2,056 #140 18 #5,403
2021 1,920 #145 21 #4,759
2020 1,584 #181 15 #5,938
2019 1,547 #193 18 #5,313
2018 1,631 #181 12 #7,067
2017 1,407 #221 8 #9,563
2016 1,191 #266 17 #5,525
2015 998 #327 – –
2014 882 #369 6 #11,906
2013 756 #405 9 #8,666
2012 640 #479 6 #12,066
2011 576 #511 15 #5,909
2010 497 #593 6 #11,988
2009 310 #886 7 #10,809
2008 264 #1,004 7 #10,872
2007 217 #1,178 8 #9,647
2006 163 #1,397 – –
2005 120 #1,666 6 #11,270
2004 148 #1,411 – –
2003 93 #1,968 10 #7,171
2002 102 #1,779 7 #9,250
2001 104 #1,738 8 #8,205
2000 84 #1,996 8 #8,102
1995 87 #1,699 10 #5,854
1990 66 #2,050 5 #9,318
1985 33 #2,855 – –
1980 7 #8,947 10 #4,090
1975 11 #5,457 5 #6,218
1970 42 #2,009 7 #4,179
1965 22 #2,669 – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Sloane

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens American tennis player (born 1993) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Sloane, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Sloane?

The median living Sloane is about 6 years old. Half of all living Sloanes are between 3 and 11 years old.

How many people named Sloane are alive today?

An estimated 25 thousand people named Sloane are alive in the United States, based on 25,086 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Sloane mean?

A unisex given name. A female given name.

How popular is the name Sloane in 2025?

Sloane ranked #141 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,077 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Sloane?

25,086 babies have been named Sloane in the United States since 1958, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Sloane most popular?

Sloane peaked in 2025, when 2,089 newborns received the name.

Is Sloane a boy or girl name?

Sloane is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 98% of babies with the name.

Is the name Sloane rising or falling?

Sloane is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Sloane become more popular?

Sloane is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,416 girls named Sloane in 2030, which would rank around #114. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Sloane?

Well-known people named Sloane include Sloane Stephens (tennis player).

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