Fun Facts About the Name Hogan
- More than 1 thousand babies named Hogan: U.S. records list 1,548 babies given the name Hogan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hogan Mean?
Hogan is an Irish name meaning "descendant of Ógán." It comes from the Gaelic Ó hÓgáin, in which Ó means "descendant of" and Ógán is a personal name built as a diminutive of óg, "young." The personal name therefore means roughly "young one" or "little youth," and the family name carries the sense "descendant of Ógán." English spelling settled on Hogan as the Gaelic form was written with English letters. The similar-looking surname Hagan, from Ó hÁgáin, has a different Gaelic source and is not the same name.
Hogan Name History & Origins
The Ó hÓgáin were a Gaelic Irish family associated with the region of what is now County Tipperary. Their name follows the hereditary pattern of Gaelic surnames, in which Ó ("descendant of") was attached to an ancestor's personal name. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as English law and administration spread through Ireland, Gaelic names were recorded in English spelling and the Ó prefix was frequently dropped, which produced the form Hogan.
The name traveled with Irish emigrants to North America and elsewhere. In the United States it also came into use as a first name through the long-standing English-language custom of turning family surnames into given names.
How Popular is the Name Hogan?
Hogan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2000. Its best rank was #1,717 in 2000.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,689 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2024 | #4,005 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #4,044 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,478 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #3,041 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #3,363 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #2,779 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2018 | #3,404 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #3,409 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2016 | #3,816 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #3,180 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2014 | #3,488 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #3,529 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #2,919 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #3,636 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #3,262 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2009 | #3,427 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #3,028 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #2,390 | 54 | 0.0026% |
| 2006 | #2,156 | 60 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 2004 | #2,293 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #2,188 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2002 | #1,902 | 59 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #2,036 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2000 | #1,717 | 66 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #2,042 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 1998 | #1,798 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 1997 | #1,738 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 1996 | #1,851 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #2,315 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #2,579 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #3,186 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1992 | #3,667 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #3,378 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #3,107 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1989 | #3,254 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #3,128 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #2,297 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1986 | #5,567 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,943 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,254 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #3,489 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #5,806 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #5,223 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #4,320 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #4,248 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1925 | #4,534 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #4,095 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #3,682 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1920 | #4,600 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #4,246 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #3,329 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1915 | #3,593 | 6 | 0.0007% |
| 1913 | #3,022 | 5 | 0.0010% |
| 1912 | #2,136 | 7 | 0.0016% |
| 1911 | #1,863 | 5 | 0.0022% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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