Logan is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “hollow.” In 2024 it was given to 6,267 boys in the United States.
Logan at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic · English & American
Meaning
“hollow”
Pronunciation
/ˈloʊɡən/
About the name Logan
Logan belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “hollow” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Logan first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5 in 2017, and in 2024 6,267 babies received the name — 382,352 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.