Boys' name · since 1988
Louay
Louay has 129 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,761 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,778 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
129 babies have been named Louay since 1988, making it today's #4778 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louay has been recorded 129 times among boys since 1988, currently ranked #4778 nationally and more common than 66% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #15,761 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,778 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 129 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louay ranks #15,761 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,778 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 129 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,761 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,778 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 129
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Louay's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% 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 Louay compares
129 30th 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
Louay's all-time total is 65% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Louay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 129 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Louay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Louay splits its recorded history at 2017: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Louay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Louay by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (58 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Louay's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Louay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 58 births (45% 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 | 3.9% |
5 of 129 births nationwide.
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What to do with Louay's data
- New York records the most Louays (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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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, 1988–2025 (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 Louay 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.