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Logan

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~411,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#53 among boys
Births in 2025
6,351 419,837 since 1880
Typical age
17 years, median

Logan popularity over time

Logan rank by birth year, 1880–2025Logan ranked #505 in 1880 and #53 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #5, in 2017.#10#100#1,000#53best #5 in 201718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Logan was used most in 2007, when 16,039 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 35 years put Logan in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #53, with 6,351 births that year. The ten-year change is -54%.

Babies named Logan per yearPeaks at 16,039 births in 2007.16,039 in 2007018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Logan?

An estimated 411,100 living Americans are called Logan. SSA has recorded 419,837 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 31,500 women and 379,600 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Logan?

The typical living Logan is 17 years old. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Logan a millennial-era name.

Your Logan

Ages of living people named LoganHalf of living Logans are older than 17 and half younger.median 17020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Logan is most common

Relative to births, Wyoming carries 2.6× the national share of Logans. Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island follow.

Where Logan is used more than average5 states use the name Logan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.2× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.6× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.1× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.3× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 2.0× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Logan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 175 2.6×
Delaware 377 2.3×
New Hampshire 525 2.2×
Rhode Island 372 2.1×
Hawaii 359 2.0×

Is Logan a boy's or a girl's name?

8% girls92% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to boys: 9.2% of the last ten years of births were girls. Across the whole record, 7.6% of births under the name were girls.

Logan in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Logan ranked #87 in 2025 on 609 births. That is 58% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Logan comes from

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Logan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Logan Lerman American actor 1992 58
Logan Paul American YouTuber and Internet personality 1995 50
Logan Sargeant American racing driver 2000 41
Logan Marshall-Green American actor 1976 34
Logan Browning American actress and singer 1989 32
Logan Henderson American actor and singer 1989 31
Logan Costa Cape Verdean association football player 2001 28
Logan Miller American actor (*1992) 1992 24
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 325 in 1978 to 515 in 1979 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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