Sloan
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SLOHN
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #838 for girls
Sloan is a name of Irish origin, meaning “host; army”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 838th for girls in the US (324 babies).
What does Sloan mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Sluagháin
“host; army”
From the Irish surname Ó Sluagháin, based on sluagh, 'host, army'.
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Is Sloan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sloan has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 324 girls and 62 boys in the US.
How popular is Sloan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sloan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sloan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Sloan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 838th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 324 about 1 in 5,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 324 girls in the US were named Sloan, making it the 838th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 664th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 530 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953. 62 boys were also named Sloan in 2025 (2,258th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sloan than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Sloan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,401 girls in the US were given Sloan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #147, up from #838 for this spelling alone.
- Sloane 2,077
- Sloan 324
In 2025, 84% of the babies named Sloan in the US were girls.
Sloan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 324 | #838 |
| 2024 | 369 | #762 |
| 2023 | 421 | #689 |
| 2022 | 465 | #634 |
| 2021 | 530 | #572 |
| 2020 | 433 | #664 |
| 2019 | 482 | #622 |
| 2018 | 520 | #587 |
| 2017 | 497 | #609 |
| 2016 | 517 | #590 |
| 2015 | 406 | #701 |
| 2014 | 337 | #821 |
| 2013 | 297 | #866 |
| 2012 | 257 | #978 |
| 2011 | 291 | #896 |
| 2010 | 249 | #1,008 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,538 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,789 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,838 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,323 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 78 | #1,996 |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,786 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
Names like Sloan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Rowan, Brody, Flynn, Aiden, Kian, Quinn, Conan, Rian, Kayden, Callan
Other spellings of Sloan
Names related to Sloan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin, Aidan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sloan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sloan, updated 20 October 2026.