Sloan

Meaning: Descendant of Sluaghadhán, a name meaning raider
Origin: Irish surname — Variant of Sloane

Boy's name · #2282 in the US (2025) · Vintage

16% boys · 84% girls — About 84% of babies named Sloan in recent years have been girls. Sloan →

Popularity over time

Sloan belongs to an older America first — it reached #1082 back in 1885 — yet it still appears in today's records at #2282. About 2,900 boys have carried it since 1885.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,409 in France (2025) · #2,095 in Canada (2025) · #4,275 in England & Wales (2025) · #727 in Scotland (2024) · #1,020 in Belgium (2018) · #8,795 in Ecuador (2016).

Famous Sloans

Sloan Wilson — American writer (1920–2003)
Sloan Privat — French footballer (born 1989)
Sloan D. Gibson — American politician (born 2000)
Sloan Thomas — American football player (born 1981)
Sloan Nibley — American screenwriter (1908–1990)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 43,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Alfred P. Sloan — American business executive (1875–1966)
Jerry Sloan — American basketball player and coach (1942–2020)
John Sloan — American painter (1871–1951)

In stories & tradition

Sloan^it — Eragon character

What Sloans become

Among 25 notable people named Sloan:

Similar names: Angus · Shlomo · Price · Bowman · Nolen · Orin

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