Sloane
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Meaning
surname Ó Sluaghadháin, traditionally "raider"
The story
Sloane is the Irish surname Ó Sluaghadháin worn smooth, traditionally read as raider, the one who rides out. English ears know it from Sir Hans Sloane, whose collections seeded the British Museum and whose name sits on a London square so distinct it named a social type, the Sloane Ranger. As an American first name it idled at a few hundred a decade through the late twentieth century, then moved fast: about 850 in the 1990s, 1,700 in the 2000s, 10,200 in the 2010s, and 11,600 so far this decade, already past the full 2010s. The modern turn is decisive about gender: about 24,700 girls to 420 boys in our records. The final e is doing quiet work, softening a warrior surname into something that reads sleek, urban and entirely hers.
How popular is Sloane around the world?
In the United States, 11,585 babies were named Sloane between 2020 and 2025. In Canada, 197 girls named Sloane were born in 2024, the 136th most common name among girls that year.
Sloane is on the official records of the United States, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, South Australia, England and Wales, France, Austria and Brazil.
United States
1 in 1,900
In the United States, 11,585 babies were named Sloane between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sloane peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 1,900
In Canada, 197 girls named Sloane were born in 2024, the 136th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Ireland
1 in 3,200
In Ireland, 17 girls named Sloane were born in 2025, the 247th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Scotland
1 in 3,300
In Scotland, 14 girls named Sloane were registered in 2024, the 260th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
New Zealand
1 in 5,800
In New Zealand, 10 girls named Sloane were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Sloane in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Sloane in 2017.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 13,000
In England and Wales, 46 girls named Sloane were born in 2025, the 792nd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
France
1 in 43,000
In France, about 15 girls named Sloane were born in 2025, ranked 1,840th among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Austria
1 in 76,000
In Austria, 1 girl named Sloane was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 31 people in Brazil were named Sloane, ranked 92,291st, with a median age of 31.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Sloane
Most people given the name Sloane in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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