Boys' name · since 1994
Luai
Luai has 39 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,673 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luai currently ranks #12673 among boys' names in America, with 39 babies recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luai has been recorded 39 times among boys since 1994, currently ranked #12673 nationally and more common than 9% 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 1994 to 2025.
- #23,916 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,673 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luai ranks #23,916 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,673 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,673 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luai's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Luai compares
39 14th 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
Luai's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Luai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luai splits its recorded history at 2021: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Luai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Luai's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Luai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (62% of all-time use).
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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, 1994–2025 (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 Luai 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.