# Logan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/logan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “little hollow” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈloʊɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 419,837 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 387,999 / 31,838 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41,824, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 551 | 526 |
| 2012 | 683 | 456 |
| 2013 | 707 | 432 |
| 2014 | 832 | 392 |
| 2015 | 835 | 393 |
| 2016 | 855 | 385 |
| 2017 | 1,106 | 292 |
| 2018 | 1,078 | 310 |
| 2019 | 996 | 322 |
| 2020 | 1,001 | 317 |
| 2021 | 1,035 | 313 |
| 2022 | 848 | 372 |
| 2023 | 858 | 356 |
| 2024 | 808 | 390 |
| 2025 | 775 | 402 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12,999 | 21 |
| 2012 | 12,488 | 22 |
| 2013 | 12,366 | 18 |
| 2014 | 13,669 | 13 |
| 2015 | 12,939 | 14 |
| 2016 | 11,278 | 18 |
| 2017 | 14,061 | 5 |
| 2018 | 12,447 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10,571 | 16 |
| 2020 | 9,163 | 16 |
| 2021 | 8,836 | 21 |
| 2022 | 7,614 | 33 |
| 2023 | 6,706 | 39 |
| 2024 | 6,297 | 45 |
| 2025 | 5,576 | 53 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | 1,180 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,549 | 30 |
| 2012 | 2,700 | 29 |
| 2013 | 2,621 | 28 |
| 2014 | 2,813 | 23 |
| 2015 | 2,610 | 25 |
| 2016 | 2,335 | 26 |
| 2017 | 2,730 | 20 |
| 2018 | 2,320 | 23 |
| 2019 | 1,808 | 29 |
| 2020 | 1,449 | 37 |
| 2021 | 1,192 | 53 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | 54 |
| 2023 | 844 | 66 |
| 2024 | 698 | 76 |
| 2025 | 609 | 87 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 洛根河

## People named Logan

- Logan Lerman, American actor (born 1992)
- Logan Paul, American YouTuber and Internet personality (born 1995)
- Logan Sargeant, American racing driver
- Logan Marshall-Green, American actor (b. 1976)
- Logan Henderson, American actor and singer
- Logan Browning, American actress and singer
- Logan Costa, Cape Verdean association football player (born 2001)
- Logan Miller, American actor (*1992)
- Logan Tom, American volleyball player
- Logan Bailly, Belgian association football player
- Logan Pearsall Smith, British American-born writer
- Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.