Sloane
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Sloane is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “raider”. In 2025 it ranked 615th for girls in the UK (69 babies) and 141st for girls in the US (2,077 babies).
What does Sloane mean?
Irish: from the surname Ó Sluagháin
“raider”
From the Irish surname Ó Sluagháin; Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection founded the British Museum, gave his name to Sloane Square.
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Is Sloane a girl's or a boy's name?
Sloane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 69 girls in the UK and 2,077 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Sloane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #615among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 4,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 121% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the UK were named Sloane, making it the 615th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 76 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sloane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 792nd in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
Sloane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #615 |
| 2024 | 75 | #568 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 76 | #560 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Sloane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #141among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,077about 1 in 770 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,077 girls in the US were named Sloane, making it the 141st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 181st. It first appears in the records in 1958. 12 boys were also named Sloane in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Sloane of any year since it first appeared, in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Sloane in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,401 girls in the US were given Sloane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #147.
- Sloane 2,077
- Sloan 324
Sloane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,077 | #141 |
| 2024 | 1,941 | #153 |
| 2023 | 1,897 | #151 |
| 2022 | 2,056 | #140 |
| 2021 | 1,920 | #144 |
| 2020 | 1,584 | #181 |
| 2019 | 1,547 | #192 |
| 2018 | 1,631 | #181 |
| 2017 | 1,407 | #221 |
| 2016 | 1,191 | #266 |
| 2015 | 998 | #327 |
| 2014 | 882 | #369 |
| 2013 | 756 | #405 |
| 2012 | 640 | #478 |
| 2011 | 576 | #510 |
| 2010 | 497 | #592 |
| 2009 | 310 | #884 |
| 2008 | 264 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 217 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 163 | #1,390 |
| 2005 | 120 | #1,656 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,403 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,981 |
| 1999 | 103 | #1,619 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,644 |
| 1997 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 63 | #2,137 |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,028 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 66 | #2,024 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
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