Logan

A unisex name of Scottish origin, meaning little hollow.

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US popularity
#53
down from #46
UK popularity
#87
609 babies · down from #76

How Logan has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#1#30#59201520202025#53

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YearUS rank
2015#14
2016#18
2017#5
2018#10
2019#16
2020#16
2021#21
2022#33
2023#39
2024#46
2025#53

Logan by the numbers

In 2025, 609 babies in England and Wales were named Logan. In the US, 15,077 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 15,324 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

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Logan as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Logan

Forms of Logan in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Logensmall hollow; a form of Logan36 in the US (2017)
  • Logan-Jamessmall hollow; a form of Logan combined with James4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Logan-Johnsmall hollow; a form of Logan combined with John3 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Logan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Loghanlittle hollow; a modern respelling of Logan52 in the US (2017)
  • Logyn28 in the US (2017)
  • Lowenlion115 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lorianlaurel; a form of Laurian or Loren5 in the US (2017)
  • Liyan10 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Logan

Names that are said the same way as Logan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Logan

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