In the late 1930 the name Logan evolved from an English place name. The name of the place in turn comes from the Scottish Gaelic word ‘lagan’, which means so much as ‘hollow’ or ‘the little cave’.
Logan is a first name for boys, occasionally also given to girls.
The first name Logan is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #15 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Logan, accounting for approximately 0.70 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 392,734 people – children, adults and seniors – named Logan living in the United States, which is approximately 0.12 % of the entire population.
In the late 1930 the name Logan evolved from an English place name. The name of the place in turn comes from the Scottish Gaelic word ‘lagan’, which means so much as ‘hollow’ or ‘the little cave’.
Interesting facts! Logan is also the civil name of the MARVEL character Wolverine.
Logan Richardson (*1980)
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When you hear the name Logan, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Logan? Are you also called Logan? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
located in the Elias Range in the southwest of the Canadian territory of Yukon - is the highest mountain in Canada and the second highest peak in North America after Denali.
A rocking stone that was found in Cornwall, United Kindom and weighs about 80 tons.
in the United States carrie the name Logan including Alabama, Indiana or Wisconsin.
on the Flinders Island, Tasmania is named Logan Lagoon. It is a 2.172 ha wetland Conservation Area.
near Port Logan on the Rhins of Galloway, at the south-western tip of Scotland is a botanical garden
The name Logan is as much a part of the DNA of the USA as the Constitution, the Capitol and the Superbowl: Logan is one of the few boys' names that have been given in the USA every year since the beginning of the name statistics, and thus since 1880. Of course, Logan hasn't been equally popular in all 143 years - but it's just recently become especially beloved. In 2017 it was even ranked number 3 in our SmartGenius name statistics, making it one of the most popular boys' names in the entire United States.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Logan was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022 the name Logan was given a total of 8,420 times in the USA, ranking #20 on the list of the most popular boys' names. It was least common in 1957 - back then only 44 expectant parents gave their child the name Logan, ranking it #1,030 of all male names in our SmartGenius statistics, so there were 1,029 other boy names given more often in 1957.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Logan is one of them. However, Logan is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 2,956 men called Logan who live here are 0,523% of all male residents and push their name up to #41 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Nevada. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 392,734 people with the name Logan. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Logan on position 87 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.1% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.
With five letters, the name Logan is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all boys' names starting with an L, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with L that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Larry.
If your name is Logan and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Logan, you can simply say:
Lion
Orange
Goat
Apple
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Logan
Logan
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
L
O
G
A
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
L
O
G
A
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Logan sounds like this:
