Boys' name · since 1979
Luay
168 babies named Luay in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,024 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,247 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 168
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
168 babies have been named Luay since 1979, making it today's #6247 boys' name.
Luay has 168 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6247 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #14,024 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,247 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 168 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luay ranks #14,024 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,247 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 168 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,024 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,247 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 168
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Luay's 168 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Luay compares
168 35th 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
Luay's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 168 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Luay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Luay's full recorded timeline at 2012, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Luay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Luay by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (70 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Luay's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Luay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 70 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Luay's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (70 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Luay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Luay 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.