Louay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- loo-AY
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Louay is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Louay mean?
Arabic: French-style spelling of Lu'ayy
Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad in the line of the Quraysh.
Is Louay a girl's or a boy's name?
Louay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Louay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 667% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Louay, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Louay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Louay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Louay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Louay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Louay, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most boys named Louay of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Louay in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Louay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Louay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Lochlan, Finley, Yahya, Lando, Brody, Zayan, Albie, Oakley, Rowan, Arham, Lorcan
Other spellings of Louay
Luay, Lu'Ay, Luai
Names related to Louay
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Louay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/louay, updated 20 October 2026.