| Logan | Lachlan | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Little hollow | From the land of lochs |
| Origin | Scottish | Scottish |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | LOH-gun | LOK-lan |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1880 | 1952 |
| Peak year | 2007 (15,331) | 2025 (468) |
| In 2025 | 5,576 | 468 |
| Trend | Declining | Near its peak |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Logan | Lachlan |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 44,192 | 2,249 |
| 2010s | 126,850 | 2,697 |
| 2000s | 134,033 | 920 |
| 1990s | 63,577 | 185 |
| 1980s | 13,983 | 31 |
| 1970s | 1,485 | 5 |
| 1960s | 547 | 5 |
| 1950s | 532 | 16 |
| 1940s | 507 | 0 |
| 1930s | 482 | 0 |
| 1920s | 693 | 0 |
| 1910s | 566 | 0 |
| 1900s | 136 | 0 |
| 1890s | 149 | 0 |
| 1880s | 267 | 0 |
Logan is a Scottish surname and place name from the Gaelic lagan, “little hollow.” A surname turned first name, it has soared in recent decades for boys and, increasingly, girls.
Lachlan means “from the land of lochs,” originally “Viking” or “from Norway.”
Logan is more popular than Lachlan today: about 5,576 US babies were given the name Logan in 2025, compared with 468 named Lachlan.
Logan means Little hollow (Scottish origin), while Lachlan means From the land of lochs (Scottish origin).
In US records, Logan first appears in 1880 and Lachlan in 1952, so Logan has the longer recorded history.