Logan

Where Logan comes from

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Logan
  • 2 syllables
Logan through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1992
    Logan Lerman born
    American actor
  3. 1995
    Logan Paul born
    American YouTuber and Internet personality
  4. 2017
    Peak, #5
    14,061 babies named Logan, its best rank.
  5. 2017
    The comeback
    Back to #5 after sinking to #1,165 in 1957.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname. Used since at least the 19th century, and popular in the 2000s.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage; much less common than the male name.
Namesakes
  • Logan Lerman · American actor, born 1992
  • Logan Paul · American YouTuber and Internet personality, born 1995
  • Logan Sargeant · American racing driver, born 2000
  • Logan Marshall-Green · American actor, born 1976
  • Logan Henderson · American actor and singer, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.