Logan: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LOH-guhn · 2 syllables

Logan means “little hollow”, from Scottish.

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

How popular is Logan?

Logan was the #53 name in the US in 2025, given to 6,351 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Logan in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Logan are older than 25; most are between 18 and 39. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Logan have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Logan means “little hollow”. It comes from Scottish.

Logan is pronounced LOH-guhn.

Logan was the #53 name in the US in 2025, given to 6,351 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Logan are older than 25. Most are between 18 and 39.