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Sloan

Sloan: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“raider”
Origin
Irish
Say it
SLOHN · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (74% girls, 26% boys since 1880)

From the Irish surname Sloane/Sloan, from Ó Sluaghhadáin, linked to sluaghadh 'raid, expedition'. It began as a surname and later came into use as a given name.

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How popular is Sloan?

2024132 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sloan in 2024441

2024 rank#761 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 188010,881

Sloan is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Sloan

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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  • Roryred king · Irish
  • Lennonlover · Irish
  • Caseyvigilant · Irish
  • Murphysea warrior · Irish
  • Rowenlittle red one · Irish

Sloan questions

What does the name Sloan mean?

Sloan means "raider". It comes from Irish. From the Irish surname Sloane/Sloan, from Ó Sluaghhadáin, linked to sluaghadh 'raid, expedition'. It began as a surname and later came into use as a given name.

Is Sloan a boy or girl name?

Sloan is used for both: about 74% of US babies named Sloan since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Sloan?

441 US babies were named Sloan in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Sloan?

Sloan is usually pronounced SLOHN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.