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
#5
2017 · 14,061 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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.

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
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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 1972

girls
#7,292
6 births · 1 in 253,541 girls
boys
#1,040
60 births · 1 in 27,027 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #7,292Logan6

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,040Logan60
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Logan, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #6,558Yukiko7
  2. #6,558Zorina7
  3. #6,558Zully7
  4. #7,292Logan6
  5. #7,292Adonia6
  6. #7,292Afua6
  7. #7,292Aggie6
  8. #8,292Aarona5
  9. #8,292Abigale5
  10. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 27,027 of them was named Logan, which outranked 81.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #1,032Lorin61
  2. #1,032Marcelino61
  3. #1,032Taurus61
  4. #1,040Logan60
  5. #1,040Carnell60
  6. #1,040Jereme60
  7. #1,040Leigh60
  8. #1,050Anibal59
  9. #1,050Antone59
  10. #1,050Brion59

Tied with 9 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →