Hogan
Masculine · “descendant of the young one”
Hogan is an Irish surname built on óg, the ordinary Irish word for young — so the family is descended from a man everybody called the young one.
How old is the name Hogan?
Hogan first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Hogan alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 1,500 people named Hogan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Hogan most popular?
Hogan peaked in 2000, reaching #1713 nationally. Today it ranks #3658, 1,945 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
From óg to Hogan
The story of Hogan
Ógán was a byname meaning the young man, and families descended from one became Ó hÓgáin, which English wrote as Hogan. The name is common in Munster, particularly Tipperary and Clare. It reached America with Irish emigration and became widely known through sport and entertainment; its use as a given name is recent. The unrelated Navajo hogan, a dwelling, is a separate word entirely.
Meaning
descendant of the young one
From Irish Ó hÓgáin, built on Ógán, a diminutive of óg, young; the same word gives the Irish for youth and appears in a great many descriptive bynames.
How the name formed
- óg
- Ógán
- Ó hÓgáin
- Hogan
Related forms: Ó hÓgáin
Pronouncing Hogan
HOH-gan
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Hogan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 200066 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1713reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- +11.1%30 in 2025, from 27
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Hogan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ó hÓgáin in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Hogans among us
people named Hogan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 56,936 born in 2025 was named Hogan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Romell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Hogan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Romell climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Romell's path sketches the road Hogan is walking now.
Hogan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Hogan is headed
Hogan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Hogan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Hogan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Irish meaning that is plain and easy to explain.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- A wrestler and a golfer both carry the surname, and both associations are strong.
- The Navajo word for a traditional dwelling is spelled the same and is unrelated.
- It reads as a surname to people meeting it in front of another one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Hogans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Hogan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Hogan in 2025?
- Hogan ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Hogan?
- About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Hogan — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Hogan with classmates?
- Hogan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Hogan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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