Logan

What Logan means

Means “little hollow”

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Logan” (revision 92416394), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Logan?

US: Falling: down from #14 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #25 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 14,061 boys got the name (#5 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 306 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 447 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 177 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (10.18 per 1,000 boys), DC (7.91 per 1,000 boys), NH (6.66 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Logan is #53 in the US and #87 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 87.8% of US babies named Logan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lucan15 US · 6 E&W
• Loken6 US · 3 E&W
• Lykan5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Logan

Boys

• Kameron#466Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”^*
• Quinn#466“descendant of Chief”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
• Keegan#621“son of Aidan”^*
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*

For a sister

• Makenna#593Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2005, with 1,619 babies; 495 in 2025
• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Payton#440“enclosure; settlement, town”^*
• Kamryn#556Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”^*
• Mckenna#410Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 5 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Logan’s. Rank is US 2025.