How Many People Are Named Luay?
An estimated 152 people in the United States have the first name Luay. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Luay peaked in popularity in 2016 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Luay as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Luay paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
152
About 1 in 2,254,963 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2016
14 births
Total Registered
154
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Luay
Luay is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 154 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Luay as a male name
Ranked #8,063 in 2024
10 male births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (14 births)
Luay: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Luay span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 70 babies were registered. While Luay is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Luay by Decade
How has Luay tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Luay + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Luay as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Luay
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Luay: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Luay?
We estimate approximately 152 people named Luay are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,254,963 Americans share this first name.
Is Luay a common name?
Luay is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 154 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Luay most popular?
Luay reached peak popularity in 2016, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Luay is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Luay a male name?
Luay is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Luay Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Luay Smith, Luay Johnson, Luay Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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