Sloane

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Primarily a girl's name · 98% girls

Meaning

Sloane or Sloan is a given name, a transferred use of the Irish surname Ó Sluaghadháin, meaning "descendant of Sluaghadhán". Sluaghadhán is an Irish diminutive form of the Irish name Sluaghadh, which means expedition or raid.

From Wikipedia

Sloane first appears in the data in 1958 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 2,056 babies (rank #140 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,937 girls (rank #153). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Sloane

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sloane yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22,990
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
2,056
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19587#5,331
19618#5,247
19628#5,236
196327#2,355
196422#2,738
196522#2,669
196622#2,652
196711#4,262
196818#3,145
196937#2,099
197041#2,037
197121#3,249
197221#3,165
197323#3,002
197417#3,837
197511#5,456
197612#5,154
197718#4,043
197812#5,509
197916#4,602
19807#8,947
198115#4,932
198217#4,505
198317#4,454
198415#4,938
198533#2,856
198630#3,123
198753#2,093
198855#2,126
198963#2,020
199066#2,050
199170#1,993
199292#1,660
199368#2,043
199463#2,163
199587#1,699
199672#1,976
199766#2,133
199898#1,655
1999103#1,632
200083#2,013
2001104#1,738
2002102#1,778
200393#1,967
2004148#1,411
2005120#1,666
2006163#1,397
2007217#1,178
2008264#1,004
2009310#886
2010497#593
2011576#511
2012640#479
2013756#405
2014882#369
2015998#327
20161,191#266
20171,407#221
20181,631#181
20191,547#192
20201,584#181
20211,920#144
20222,056#140
20231,896#151
20241,937#153