Luay
Boy · loo-AY · Arabic
Luay is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Luay mean?
Arabic: from Luayy
Luayy ibn Ghalib appears in the traditional family tree of the Prophet Muhammad as one of his early ancestors.
- Say it
- loo-AY
Is Luay a girl's or a boy's name?
Luay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Luay, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Luay of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Luay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Luay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #1,537 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Luay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Luay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Luay, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more boys named Luay than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Luay in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Luay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Luay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Koa Lorcan Lando Yahya Ezra Rio Zayan Muhammad Arham Ozzy Syed
Other spellings of Luay
Louay Lu'Ay Luai
More Arabic names
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