girls:
20.6k births since 1958
#1011 (82nd percentile)
boys:
383 births since 1968
#4203 (8th percentile)
overall:
21k births since 1958
#1761 (77th percentile)
The name Sloane is the #1,761 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21,025 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 77.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,011 (82.3% percentile) for all time with 20,642 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #4,203 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 383 births since 1968.
Sloane first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Sloane is available in 64 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023 (64 years for girls and 41 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sloane has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sloane reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 85.7% percentile (ranked #138) with 1,147 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 1,147 births per million (ranked 85.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sloane ranks #148 for girls (84.5% percentile) with 1,080 births per million, which is 94.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sloane reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #893) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2016, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Sloane is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #893 (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sloane".
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