How rare is the name Alain?

8,688 people in the United States have the first name Alain, about 1 in 34,764. It ranks #2,702 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALAIN

#2,702

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,688
About
1 in 34,764
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,688 people named Alain, 43.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 29.5% as White and 19% as Black. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alain peaked in 1988, when 92 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
92
In 2025*
44 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,986 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alain by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,647. The largest share of babies named Alain, 29.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#6,76353
1950s#4,136183
1960s#3,130358
1970s#3,116463
1980s#2,647738
1990s#3,485676
2000s#4,476656
2010s#5,057583
2020s#5,950276
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–6410%
Generation X 1965–8017.5%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1225.7%
2013 and later17%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alain is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alain has been most common in Florida (9.7×), New York (3.2×), and California (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.7×).

2,340 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alain

#2,700 Norbert · 8,699#2,700 Pavel · 8,699#2,703 Rosita · 8,679#2,704 Burton · 8,663

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alain, most common first.

#184 Alan · 284,872#1,079 Alaina · 38,346#9,447 Alin · 1,469#10,034 Alaine · 1,349#14,263 Alwin · 829#31,941 Allin · 266#37,614 Alann · 207#44,359 Allain · 156

Also a last name

As a last name, Alain ranks #89,231 of 156,621, with 223 people. See Alain as a last name

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