Recorded 1999–2021 Boys' name Peak 2017 80 births

Loay — boys' name

80 babies named Loay in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s52010s532020s17
2010s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Loay was born in this single decade.

2017
Single peak year

11 babies were named Loay in 2017 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Loay

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Loay between 1999 and 2021, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Loay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Loay at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

80

Since 1999

23 years of records

Peak year

2017

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1999

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2021

Loay popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1999

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2017)
11
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 2021202020192018201720162014201220041999 5

Loay by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
53 births that decade — 66% of Loay's all-time total
1990s52000s52010s532020s17

Loay by state

Where Loay concentrates geographically — total births since 1999

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Loay
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 6.3%
New York share of Loay's total US births 6.3%

5 of 80 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Loay?
80 babies have been named Loay since 1999. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2017 with 11 births.
When was Loay most popular?
Loay was most popular in the 2010s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Loay most popular?
The top states for the name Loay are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Loay been used?
Loay has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 23 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Loay?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Loai, Loal, Loan, Loagan, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.