Sloan: Meaning of Baby Name Sloan

Sloan Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,820 baby boys have been named Sloan. The name peaked in 2021 with 94 US births that year (rank #1739). In 2024, ranked #2087 nationally — 348 places below its 2021 peak.

Top States for Sloan

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Sloan births are: Texas (299), California (62), Florida (33).

Other Celtic-Origin Names Like Sloan

If you like Sloan's Celtic origin, consider these related names: Adair, Adsaluta, Aengus, Ahearn, Aife. Browse all Celtic names →

5-Letter Names Starting with S

Names with Sloan's exact length and starting letter: Saada, Sabah, Saber, Sabih, Sabir.

Quick Facts About Sloan

569

Celtic baby names in our dictionary

364

Celtic male names

200

5-letter S-names in our dictionary

691

S-male names total

2011–2025

years of US SSA records (15 total)

6,146

total US births named Sloan (all years)

US Popularity History (2011–2025)

📉 Falling fast: Sloan dropped 176 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#664 in 2020 → #840 in 2025).

Annual US births named Sloan by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2021 with 530 girls named Sloan (girl rank #572 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #840 for girls (324 US births). That's 268 places below its 2021 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Sloan Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Sloan the strongest states are Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa.

Strongest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Nebraska	#280	47
2	Colorado	#298	192
3	Iowa	#342	76
4	Idaho	#379	18
5	Kansas	#388	84
6	Utah	#394	113
7	Oregon	#431	73
8	Michigan	#463	179
9	Nevada	#516	38
10	Illinois	#523	212

Weakest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New York	#1,070	78
2	Georgia	#892	56
3	Florida	#887	138
4	Alabama	#806	30
5	Virginia	#800	90
6	Tennessee	#795	73
7	California	#761	401
8	Louisiana	#750	28
9	Maryland	#738	38
10	Massachusetts	#733	61

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Sloan in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Sloane	Fighter	Male	Celtic

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