Logan

#402 for girls in 2025, 775 births · #53 for boys in 2025, 5,576 births
Given to boys 92.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2017 · 14,061 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
387,999
since 1880

Logan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #257, 1996peak #5, 2017girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#402775#535,576
2024#390808#456,297
2023#356858#396,706
2022#372848#337,614
2021#3131,035#218,836
2020#3171,001#169,163
2019#322996#1610,571
2018#3101,078#1012,447
2017#2921,106#514,061
2016#384855#1811,278
2015#393835#1412,939
2014#392832#1313,669
2013#431707#1812,366
2012#455683#2212,488
2011#526551#2112,999
2010#487620#1714,032
2009#455684#1714,467
2008#431736#1913,861
2007#455708#1715,331
2006#433737#2015,151
2005#410759#2613,475
2004#352900#2713,140
2003#351885#2813,187
2002#330921#2912,974
2001#3051,042#2912,710
2000#318999#409,737
1999#2891,073#429,136
1998#2931,026#448,640
1997#2751,067#428,620
1996#2571,097#428,374
1995#2641,041#516,953
1994#311879#705,458
1993#333790#764,844
1992#440571#894,226
1991#476512#943,893
1990#612368#1043,433
1989#622341#1043,281
1988#762245#1092,758
1987#1,109135#1441,951
1986#1,113132#1921,329
1985#1,41090#233995
1984#1,33291#227988
1983#1,35888#265780
1982#1,43684#294689
1981#1,42386#290693
1980#1,88657#348519
1979#2,11247#370468
1978#3,92418#454307
1977#5,21312#592203
1976#5,60110#781113
1975#6,4848#89485
1974#8,7755#96971
1973—#97868
1972#7,2926#1,04060
1971—#1,10155
1970—#1,10355
1969—#1,11049
1968—#95858
1967—#1,00352
1966—#94159
1965—#1,06448
1964—#93666
1963—#1,13846
1962—#98460
1961—#1,10850
1960—#99659
1959—#1,05054
1958—#1,11447
1957—#1,16544
1956—#1,14044
1955—#92165
1954—#96359
1953—#93958
1952—#1,00251
1951—#89262
1950—#1,00648
1949—#94653
1948—#92356
1947—#90659
1946—#94450
1945—#91649
1944—#91848
1943—#90854
1942—#1,11937
1941—#95145
1940—#84156
1939—#93145
1938—#1,04338
1937—#1,03138
1936—#94942
1935—#96943
1934—#77963
1933—#78860
1932—#78665
1931—#99744
1930—#1,03744
1929—#77169
1928—#1,00347
1927—#82565
1926—#94452
1925—#72380
1924—#71086
1923—#87361
1922—#78073
1921—#69886
1920—#76674
1919—#69081
1918—#67485
1917—#61294
1916—#66279
1915—#82355
1914—#62965
1913—#75938
1912—#72535
1911—#79317
1910—#72917
1909—#63618
1908—#77912
1907—#9998
1906—#75211
1905—#52519
1904—#64713
1903—#65612
1902—#61513
1901—#7798
1900—#49022
1899—#66110
1898—#48518
1897—#49516
1896—#53415
1895—#52915
1894—#50216
1893—#47915
1892—#54714
1891—#45615
1890—#48915
1889—#30532
1888—#44218
1887—#30729
1886—#31130
1885—#29832
1884—#20763
1883—#38120
1882—#43717
1881—#48713
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Logan was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Logan is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #37 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 123 boysAKMaine: #35 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 118 boysMEVermont: #27 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 80 boysVTNew Hampshire: #53 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 194 boysNHWashington: #45 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 195 boysWAIdaho: #23 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 102 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 74 boysMTNorth Dakota: #12 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 59 boysNDMinnesota: #31 for boys · 239 births · 1 in 119 boysMNIllinois: #54 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 262 boysILWisconsin: #26 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 107 boysWIMichigan: #38 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 175 boysMINew York: #119 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 690 boysNYMassachusetts: #117 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 676 boysMARhode Island: #113 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 554 boysRIOregon: #33 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 146 boysORNevada: #45 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 186 boysNVWyoming: #27 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 101 boysWYSouth Dakota: #26 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 104 boysSDIowa: #15 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 88 boysIAIndiana: #25 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 101 boysINOhio: #31 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 121 boysOHPennsylvania: #49 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 207 boysPANew Jersey: #114 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 695 boysNJConnecticut: #96 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 447 boysCTCalifornia: #120 for boys · 491 births · 1 in 516 boysCAUtah: #41 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 165 boysUTColorado: #38 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 167 boysCONebraska: #34 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 123 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 117 boysMOKentucky: #22 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 91 boysKYWest Virginia: #20 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 76 boysWVVirginia: #46 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 194 boysVAMaryland: #60 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 268 boysMDDelaware: #40 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 132 boysDEArizona: #60 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 270 boysAZNew Mexico: #72 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 277 boysNMKansas: #14 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 92 boysKSArkansas: #30 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 130 boysARTennessee: #23 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 101 boysTNNorth Carolina: #38 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 187 boysNCSouth Carolina: #46 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 216 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Logan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #35 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 135 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 125 boysLAMississippi: #53 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 244 boysMSAlabama: #35 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 162 boysALGeorgia: #43 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 223 boysGAHawaii: #46 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 190 boysHITexas: #76 for boys · 478 births · 1 in 326 boysTXFlorida: #45 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 223 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#12 · 1 in 59
  2. Kansas#14 · 1 in 92
  3. Iowa#15 · 1 in 88
  4. Montana#16 · 1 in 74
  5. West Virginia#20 · 1 in 76

Best ever in a state: #1 in North Dakota, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#12641 in 59
Kansas#141631 in 92
Iowa#151891 in 88
Montana#16551 in 74
West Virginia#201211 in 76
Kentucky#222551 in 91
Idaho#23721 in 102
Tennessee#233391 in 101
Indiana#253731 in 101
South Dakota#26401 in 104
Wisconsin#262731 in 107
Vermont#27321 in 80
Wyoming#27201 in 101
Louisiana#282141 in 125
Arkansas#301121 in 130
Missouri#302941 in 117
Minnesota#312391 in 119
Ohio#315791 in 121
Oregon#331351 in 146
Nebraska#34801 in 123
Alabama#351551 in 162
Maine#35491 in 118
Oklahoma#351411 in 135
Alaska#37291 in 123
Colorado#381491 in 167
Michigan#383401 in 175
North Carolina#382461 in 187
Delaware#40291 in 132
Utah#411151 in 165
Georgia#432171 in 223
Florida#453801 in 223
Nevada#45561 in 186
Washington#451731 in 195
Hawaii#46301 in 190
South Carolina#46911 in 216
Virginia#462011 in 194
Pennsylvania#493301 in 207
Mississippi#53621 in 244
New Hampshire#53321 in 194
Illinois#543091 in 262
Arizona#601241 in 270
Maryland#601071 in 268
New Mexico#72391 in 277
Texas#764781 in 326
Connecticut#96431 in 447
Rhode Island#113101 in 554
New Jersey#114701 in 695
Massachusetts#117551 in 676
New York#1191721 in 690
California#1204911 in 516
District of Columbia———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Logan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#45 → #53)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#16 → #53)
  • 39 spots since 2015 (#14 → #53)
  • Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1929 (#1,003 → #771)
  • Biggest drop: 289 spots in 1901 (#490 → #779)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2017 at #5 (14,061 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: 2 yrs · run 2017–2018
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
  • Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1973–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 132
  • Highest: 1 in 132 boys born in 2017 were named Logan (0.76%)
  • Latest: 1 in 306 boys born in 2025 (0.33%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.5% of all boys named Logan (134,033) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #207 (1884) → #1,165 (1957) → #5 (2017)
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s267#207 (1884)#368
1890s149#456 (1891)#518
1900s136#490 (1900)#688
1910s566#612 (1917)#710
1920s693#698 (1921)#809
1930s482#779 (1934)#931
1940s507#841 (1940)#937
1950s532#892 (1951)#1,019
1960s547#936 (1964)#1,024
1970s1,485#370 (1979)#828
1980s13,983#104 (1989)#221
1990s63,577#42 (1999)#65
2000s134,033#17 (2007)#25
2010s126,850#5 (2017)#15
2020s44,192#16 (2020)#35

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Logan in 1996

girls
#257
1,097 births · 1 in 1,598 girls
boys
#42
8,374 births · 1 in 226 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #257Logan1,097

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #42Logan8,374
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,598 of them was named Logan, which outranked 98.4% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #254Jordyn1,116
  2. #255Peyton1,104
  3. #256Maggie1,103
  4. #257Logan1,097
  5. #258Aubrey1,094
  6. #259Justine1,093
  7. #259Priscilla1,093
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 226 of them was named Logan, which outranked 99.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #39Adam9,557
  2. #40Timothy8,919
  3. #41Jason8,695
  4. #42Logan8,374
  5. #43Charles8,248
  6. #44Patrick8,194
  7. #45Richard8,182
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →