Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Sloane name popularity since 1925
25,086 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sloane (98.3% girls, 1.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Sloane is about 7 years old in 2026. Sloane peaked in 2025 as the #141 name for girls, and it ranked #141 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,086
- Named Sloane, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #141
- for girls in 2025 (2,077 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.3% girls
- 24,670 girls · 416 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Sloane made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sloane births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Sloane both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2005 and 2010, Sloane became 4.3× more common, from 1 in 15,400 baby girls to 1 in 3,580.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Sloane's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sloane.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sloane in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 7 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 175 | 5 | #2,669 |
| 1970s | 193 | 37 | #5,457 |
| 1980s | 305 | 45 | #2,855 |
| 1990s | 785 | 61 | #1,699 |
| 2000s | 1,605 | 61 | #1,666 |
| 2010s | 10,125 | 97 | #327 |
| 2020–25 | 11,475 | 110 | #141 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
80.0% of babies named Sloane from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Sloane is most popular
The index compares Sloane's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sloane.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.59× | 508 |
| Colorado | 2.54× | 722 |
| Washington | 1.68× | 647 |
| Arizona | 1.47× | 438 |
| Connecticut | 1.31× | 326 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sloane and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Sloane (this page) | 24,670 | 2025 |
| Sloan | 8,385 | 2021 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sloane's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sloane.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sloane (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data