The given name Logan is derived from the Scottish surname Logan , which is in turn derived from a place name.[ 1] The likely origin of this surname is a place located near Auchinleck , in Ayrshire .[ 1] [ 2] The place name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic lagan , which is a diminutive of lag , which in turn means "hollow".[ 2] The given name is borne by males and females.[ 1]
The given name was the 17th most popular name for baby boys born in the United States in 2007 and was the 455th most popular name for baby girls born there in 2007. It was the 54th most popular name for baby boys born in England and Wales in 2007 and was the 12th most popular name for boys born in Scotland in 2007 and the fourth most popular in 2009. It was also among the top 100 most popular names for boys in Canada , Australia , France and Belgium in the last five years.[ 3] In 2017 it was the 5th most popular in the U.S. , 3rd in Canada , 10th in Northern Ireland , and 6th in Scotland . By 2022, it had dropped to 14th in Canada.[ 4]
People with the given name "Logan"
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Logan Bailly (born 1985), Belgian footballer
Logan Baldwin (born 1996), American baseball player
Logan Bartholomew (born 1984), American actor
Logan Bayliss-Brow (born 1999), Scottish rugby league footballer
Logan Bearden (born 1995), American racing driver
Logan Beirne , American entrepreneur
Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827–1907), American lawyer and jurist
Logan Bolopue (born 1994), American motorcycle racer
Logan Bonner (born 1998), American football player
Logan Brill , American singer-songwriter
Logan Brown (born 1998), Canadian-American ice hockey player
Logan Browning (born 1989), American actress
Logan Bruss (born 1999), American football player
Logan Bye (born 1998), American ice dancer
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Logan Campbell (disambiguation) , multiple people
Logan Chalmers (born 2000), Scottish footballer
Logan Clark (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
Logan Clendening (1884–1945), American physician
Logan Cooke (born 1995), American football player
Logan Cooley (born 2004), American ice hockey player
Logan Costa (born 2001), Cape Verdean footballer
Logan Couture (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Crowley (born 1996), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Logan Cunningham (disambiguation) , multiple people
Logan Currie (born 2001), New Zealand cyclist
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Logan Hall (born 2000), American football player
Logan Hay (1871–1942), American lawyer and politician
Logan Henderson (born 1989), American actor and singer
Logan Henry , New Zealand rugby union footballer
Logan Hensley (1900–1971), American baseball player
Logan Hicks (born 1971), American artist
Logan Hitzeman (born 2001), American soccer player
Logan Howlett , Australian politician
Logan Huffman (born 1989), American actor
Logan Hutchings (born 1984), New Zealand cyclist
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Logan Ice (born 1995), American baseball player
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Logan James (born 1998), American professional wrestler
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Logan MacMillan (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Mader (born 1970), Canadian guitarist
Logan Mailloux (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Mankins (born 1982), American football player
Logan Marshall (1883–1937), American author
Logan Marshall-Green (born 1976), American actor
Logan Martin (disambiguation) , multiple people
Logan McCree (born 1977), stage name of German men's rights activist Philipp Tanzer
Logan McDonald (born 2002), Australian rules footballer
Logan McGuinness (born 1987), Canadian boxer
Logan McMenamie , Canadian bishop
Logan Miller (born 1992), American actor
Logan Miller (soccer) (born 1992), American soccer player
Logan Misuraca (born 1999), American stock car racing driver
Logan Mitchell (disambiguation) , multiple people
Logan Mize (born 1985), American singer-songwriter
Logan Morris (1889–1977), American judge
Logan Morrison (born 1987), American baseball player
Logan Mulvey (born 1984), American entrepreneur
Logan Murray , American comedian
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Logan Sama , English disc jockey
Logan Sandler , American writer
Logan Sankey (born 1998), American ski jumper
Logan Sargeant (born 2000), American racing driver
Logan Schafer (born 1986), American baseball player
Logan Seavey (born 1997), American stock car racing driver
Logan Shaw (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Shore (born 1994), American baseball player
Logan Sloane (1918–1980), New Zealand politician
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946), American essayist
Logan Staats , Canadian singer-songwriter
Logan Stankoven (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Stanley (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Stenberg (born 1997), American football player
Logan Stephenson (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
Logan Stieber (born 1991), American wrestler
Logan Storley (born 1992), American mixed martial artist
Logan Stutz (born 1988), American basketball player
Logan Swann (born 1975), New Zealand rugby league footballer
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Logan Wade (born 1992), Australian baseball player
Logan Warmoth (born 1995), American baseball player
Logan Watkins (born 1989), American baseball player
Logan Webb (born 1996), American baseball player
Logan West (born 1994), American beauty queen
Logan Weston (born 1992), English cricketer
Logan Whitehurst (1977–2006), American musician
Logan Wilde (born 1976), American politician
Logan Wilson (born 1996), American football player
Logan Woodside (born 1995), American football player
Logan Wright (1933–1999), American psychologist
Logan Wyatt (born 1997), American baseball player
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References
^ a b c Hanks, Patrick ; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names , Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press , p. 172, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 .
^ a b Logan Family History , Ancestry.com , retrieved 20 September 2012 . This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names , Oxford University Press , ISBN 0-19-508137-4 .
^ Behind the Name
^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2024-08-25 .