Boy · Scottish Gaelic
Logan
Say it: LOH-gun
Meaning
From a Scottish surname taken from a place in Ayrshire, from Gaelic lagan 'little hollow'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname until the 20th century, it entered the US top 20 in the 2000s and is also used for girls.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 380,188 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 132 boys
- 10,078 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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