Given name & surname · also Scottish
Logan
“from the hollow”·“from the little hollow”
Logan is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the hollow” and “from the little hollow”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the hollow” and “from the little hollow”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Logan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 419,837
- 387,999 boys · 31,838 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 16,039 babies
- 2025
- 6,351
- #53 for boys · #402 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 91% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5,576 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 53 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15,331 in 2007. It also appeared in 775 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (670). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 341,575 as a first name in 2020; 64,755 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.
Logan’s family of names
Logan has a related form in Logen. Logan has a related form in Logann. Logan has a related form in Logyn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lohanvariant · English
- Logynvariant
- Logannvariant
- Logenvariant
- Logynnvariant
- Loginvariant
- Logannevariant
- Lloganlikely variant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Logan
- Logan LermanAmerican actor (born 1992)
- Logan PaulAmerican YouTuber and Internet personality (born 1995)
- Logan SargeantAmerican racing driverborn 2000
- Logan Marshall-GreenAmerican actorborn 1976
- Logan BrowningAmerican actress and singerborn 1989
- Logan HendersonAmerican actor and singerborn 1989
- Logan CostaCape Verdean association football player (born 2001)
- Logan MillerAmerican actor (*1992)
- Logan TomAmerican volleyball playerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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