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Sloane vs Isabella

How Sloane and Isabella compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Sloane

Male · Celtic

Meaning: Fighter

Isabella

Female · Arthurian

Meaning: Meaning Unknown

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Sloane (girls) vs Isabella (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Sloane Isabella
Peak year (most US births) 2025 — 2,077 girls 2010 — 22,935 girls
Peak rank #141 #1
Most recent rank (2025) #141 (2,077 births) #7 (10,666 births)
Total US births since 1880 21,905 396,589
Last 10 years (2016–2025) 17,246 125,637

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Isabella reached 22,935 US births in 2010 — 20,858 more than Sloane's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Sloane — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Colorado #98 508
2 District of Columbia #103 96
3 Nebraska #117 172
4 Massachusetts #121 454
5 Utah #121 348

Isabella — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Florida #2 10,088
2 Nevada #3 1,227
3 Texas #4 15,128
4 New Mexico #4 680
5 Arizona #4 2,998

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →