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Logan

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOH-gan
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#77 for boys
US rank, 2025
#53 for boys
Style
Classic

Logan is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “little hollow”. In 2025 it ranked 77th for boys in the UK (754 babies) and 53rd for boys in the US (5,576 babies).

What does Logan mean?

Scottish: Scottish surname from a place name, from Gaelic lagan

“little hollow”

From a Scottish surname taken from Logan in Ayrshire, from the Gaelic lagan, little hollow.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Logan a girl's or a boy's name?

Logan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 754 boys in the UK and 775 girls and 5,576 boys in the US.

How popular is Logan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
77th among boys
Babies in 2025
754 about 1 in 400 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 60% in five years
Same name in a class
3.5% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 754 boys in the UK were named Logan, making it the 77th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 34th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 3,288 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Logan than any year since 2002.

Half of all the boys named Logan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 87th in England and Wales, 35th in Scotland and 69th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#80), 2014 (#23) and 2024 (#76).

1996Busiest: 3,288 in 20142025
Logan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025754#77
2024868#68
20231,017#59
20221,322#47
20211,439#46
20201,679#34
20192,113#27
20182,745#23
20173,179#18
20162,725#23
20153,014#23
20143,288#21
20133,050#27
20123,183#27
20113,003#25
20103,040#25
20092,693#30
20082,137#39
20071,876#46
20061,600#49
20051,222#62
20041,054#71
2003898#77
2002652#94
2001499#109
2000306#141
1999227#170
1998189#195
1997151#234
1996152#227

How popular is Logan in the US?

Rank in 2025
53rd among boys
Babies in 2025
5,576 about 1 in 310 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 42% in five years
Same name in a class
4.5% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5,576 boys in the US were named Logan, making it the 53rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 16th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15,331 boys. 775 girls were also named Logan in 2025 (402nd for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Logan than any year since 1994.

Half of all the boys named Logan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 12% of the babies named Logan in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 15,331 in 20072025
Logan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255,576#53
20246,297#45
20236,706#39
20227,614#33
20218,836#21
20209,163#16
201910,571#16
201812,447#10
201714,061#5
201611,278#18
201512,939#14
201413,669#13
201312,366#18
201212,488#22
201112,999#21
201014,032#17
200914,467#17
200813,861#19
200715,331#17
200615,151#20
200513,475#26
200413,140#27
200313,187#28
200212,974#29
200112,710#29
20009,737#40
19999,136#42
19988,640#44
19978,620#42
19968,374#42
19956,953#51
19945,458#70
19934,844#76
19924,226#89
19913,893#94
19903,433#104
19893,281#104
19882,758#109
19871,951#144
19861,329#192
1985995#233
1984988#227
1983780#265
1982689#294
1981693#290
1980519#348
1979468#370
1978307#454
1977203#592
1976113#781
197585#894
197471#969
197368#978
197260#1,040
197155#1,101
197055#1,103
196949#1,110
196858#958
196752#1,003
196659#941
196548#1,064
196466#936
196346#1,137
196260#983
196150#1,107
196059#995
195954#1,049
195847#1,113
195744#1,164
195644#1,139
195565#920
195459#962
195358#938
195251#1,001
195162#891
195048#1,005
194953#945
194856#922
194759#905
194650#944
194549#916
194448#918
194354#908
194237#1,119
194145#951
194056#841
193945#931
193838#1,043
193738#1,031
193642#949
193543#969
193463#779
193360#788
193265#786
193144#997
193044#1,037
192969#771
192847#1,003
192765#825
192652#944
192580#723
192486#710
192361#873
192273#780
192186#698
192074#766
191981#690
191885#674
191794#612
191679#662
191555#823
191465#629
191338#759
191235#725
191117#792
191017#729
190918#636
190812#779
19078#998
190611#752
190519#525
190413#647
190312#656
190213#614
19018#778
190022#490
189910#661
189818#485
189716#495
189615#534
189515#529
189416#502
189315#479
189214#547
189115#456
189015#489
188932#305
188818#442
188729#307
188630#311
188532#298
188463#207
188320#381
188217#437
188113#487
188013#505

Names like Logan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Brody, Finn, Dylan, Riley, Ethan, Kian, Finley, Rowan, Mason, Jayden, Cody, Austin

Other spellings of Logan

Logyn, Loghan, Logen

Names related to Logan

Logun, Logann, Login

More Scottish names

Isla, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan, Reid

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Logan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/logan, updated 20 October 2026.