Given name & surname
Hogan
“one who is youthful”
Hogan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is youthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is youthful.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hogan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,548
- 1,548 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,689 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,689 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 66 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,451 as a first name in 2020; 61,016 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hogan’s family of names
Hogan has a related form in Hogen. Hogan has a related form in Hogin. Hogan has a related form in Hogon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hogan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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