Boys' name · since 1999
Loay
86 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.
- #18,404 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,265 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
86 babies have been named Loay since 1999, making it today's #11265 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Loay recorded 86 times among boys since 1999, holding rank #11265 nationally today, ahead of 19% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #18,404 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,265 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loay ranks #18,404 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,265 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 86 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,404 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,265 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Loay's 86 recorded births place it above 59.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Loay compares
86 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Loay's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Loay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Loay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loay's full recorded timeline at 2017, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Loay by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Loay's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Loay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (62% of all-time use).
Loay by state
Where Loay concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 5.8% |
5 of 86 births nationwide.
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What to do with Loay's data
- Loay's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Loays (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Loay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Loay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.