Logan

Where Logan comes from

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Logan
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.