Luay
Luay is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Luay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luay is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Luay
American parents first put Luay on the record books as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 14 Luays were born — ranking #6,052 that year. About 45% of every Luay on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Luay last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 154 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Luay
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Luay. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Luay
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About the name Luay
Luay is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 154 births in the dataset. Luay's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #6,052. Use the chart and map above to compare Luay's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.