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Logan

Meaning
Little hollow
Origin
Scottish Gaelic

Boy's name · #53 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

89% boys · 11% girls — Logan is also given to girls: 775 in 2025, about 11% in recent years. Logan →

Popularity over time

Logan's best rank, #5, came in 2017; it has stepped well back to #53 today. Roughly 388,000 boys have been named Logan since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

US births of Logan rose from 11,278 in 2016 to 14,061 in 2017, when Hugh Jackman starred as Wolverine in Logan. Births fell back to 12,447 in 2018.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#35 in Scotland (2025) · #69 in N. Ireland (2025) · #71 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #87 in England & Wales (2025) · #120 in New Zealand (2025) · #123 in Ireland (2025) · #138 in Ecuador (2025) · #150 in France (2025) · #155 in Netherlands (2025) · #178 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #186 in Switzerland (2025) · #343 in Mexico (2024) and 5 more.

Famous Logans

In stories & tradition

What Logans become

Among 417 notable people named Logan:

Sports figures appear 3.02× more often than among typical names — e.g. Logan Sargeant, American racing driver.

Twin names

Popular twin pairings with Logan include Landon, Lucas, and Luke for boys, and Lily and Lilly for girls.

Similar names: Carter · Louis · Dylan · Nolan · Ian · Aiden

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