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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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
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 1978

girls
#3,924
18 births · 1 in 85,103 girls
boys
#454
307 births · 1 in 5,348 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #3,924Logan18

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #454Logan307
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 85,103 of them was named Logan, which outranked 65.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #3,777Yessica19
  2. #3,777Yocheved19
  3. #3,777Zelda19
  4. #3,924Logan18
  5. #3,924Abigale18
  6. #3,924Alicea18
  7. #3,924Allyn18
  8. #4,079Agatha17
  9. #4,079Albert17
  10. #4,079Alix17

Tied with 154 names at #3,924; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,348 of them was named Logan, which outranked 93.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Logan
  1. #451Emmanuel314
  2. #452Moses313
  3. #453Sherman312
  4. #454Logan307
  5. #454Ira307
  6. #456Ramiro306
  7. #457Kristoffer305
  8. #458Aron304

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978