Logan
Logan was the 53rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5,576 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 5th; the most babies were born in 2007 (15,331). Over the last ten years it has moved down 39 places. More babies were named Logan in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning little hollow (place name) · Scottish Gaelic
Say it LOH-guhn /ˈloʊɡən/
- Rank in 2025
- #53 boys, down 37 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5,576boys
- Girls and boys
- 11% girls, 89% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200715,331 babies
- Total since 1880
- 419,837babies recorded
What does the name Logan mean?
Logan began as a Scottish surname taken from a place called Logan in Ayrshire. The place name comes from Scottish Gaelic lagan, a small hollow or dell, built on lag, 'hollow'. Wiktionary also records Logan as an Irish surname, a variant of Lohan, so a few Logan families have a different origin. As a boy's first name it is a transferred surname, in use since at least the 1800s and, as Wiktionary notes, popular in the 2000s; girls have used it too, though far less often.
lagan (Scottish Gaelic, “little hollow, dell”)lag (Scottish Gaelic, “hollow”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Gaelic place-name root is the standard view; the exact Ayrshire place that gave the surname is not certain.
Related names: Logen.
See also: Scottish names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Logan', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Logan (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Logan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #402 | #53 | 775 | 5,576 |
| 2020 | #317 | #16 | 1,001 | 9,163 |
| 2010 | #487 | #17 | 620 | 14,032 |
| 2000 | #318 | #40 | 999 | 9,737 |
| 1990 | #612 | #104 | 368 | 3,433 |
| 1980 | #1,897 | #348 | 57 | 519 |
| 1970 | — | #1,109 | — | 55 |
| 1960 | — | #1,002 | — | 59 |
| 1950 | — | #1,016 | — | 48 |
| 1940 | — | #846 | — | 56 |
| 1930 | — | #1,043 | — | 44 |
| 1920 | — | #771 | — | 74 |
| 1910 | — | #743 | — | 17 |
| 1900 | — | #501 | — | 22 |
| 1890 | — | #500 | — | 15 |
| 1880 | — | #514 | — | 13 |
How popular is Logan, counting every spelling?
Logan is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #62 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #53 for Logan on its own. Together these spellings went to 5,582 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan | 5,576 | #53 | 35,029 |
| Logen | 6 | #11,470 | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Logan?
5,576 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Logan (1.55 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Logan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 35. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 2 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Logan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Logan?
About 378,800 people born in the US named Logan are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 11 and 25. That makes Logan mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Logan by state
How common Logan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wyoming (2.3×), Delaware (2.2×), New Hampshire (2.2×), Rhode Island (2.1×), Connecticut (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Logan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Logan, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Logan · Sibling names for Logan
Questions about the name Logan
What does Logan mean?
Logan means “little hollow (place name)” (Scottish Gaelic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Logan?
Logan was the 53rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5,576 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 5th; the most babies were born in 2007 (15,331). Over the last ten years it has moved down 39 places. More babies were named Logan in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Logan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 11% girls, 89% boys given the name Logan in the US.
Where is Logan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Logan was most common in Wyoming (9.33 per 1,000 boys), followed by Delaware and New Hampshire.