Alain — #3226 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alain

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,936 babies named Alain between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alain currently holds the #3226 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 92 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 738 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Alain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 779 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alain in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alain in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,936 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.