Louay — #7939 US boys' name
108 babies named Louay in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Louay was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Louay in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Louay
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Louay between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Louay currently holds the #7939 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Louay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Louay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Louay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Louay 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 108 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.
Louay at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Louay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #7939 among boys.
108 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 13 births in a single year.
Louay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 48 births that decade — 44% of Louay's all-time total
Louay decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Louay's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Louay by state
Where Louay concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.6% |
5 of 108 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1988–2024 (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.