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Sloan

Sloan is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Sloan are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh
Male 32%Female 68%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
32% male / 68% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
2,253 male / 4,827 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Sloan

To address Sloan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sloan," in English, "Guten Tag Sloan," in German. About 32% of people named Sloan are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Sloan,

German

Guten Tag Sloan,

French

Bonjour Sloan,

Spanish

Estimado/a Sloan:

Chinese

Sloan您好:

Japanese

Sloan様

English

Hi Sloan,

German

Hi Sloan,

French

Salut Sloan,

Spanish

Hola Sloan,

Chinese

Sloan你好:

Japanese

Sloanさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Sloan by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonwoman's name32%

United States birth data

2,253 male · 4,827 female · 7,080 births recorded

Male 32%Female 68%

Since 1980: 28% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sloan a male or female name?

Sloan is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Sloan are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Sloan in an email?

To address Sloan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sloan," in English, "Guten Tag Sloan," in German. About 32% of people named Sloan are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Sloan a unisex name?

Sloan is not a unisex name: 32% of people named Sloan are men. Sloan leans strongly female overall.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Sloan a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/sloan (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sloan,
  title  = {Is Sloan a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/sloan},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}