Girls' name · since 1916

Alaine

Alaine has 1,454 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#5,816 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,908 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,454
born since 1916
1960s
peak decade

Yes -- Alaine is the #8908 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,454 recorded since 1916.

Alaine has 1,454 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8908 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.

  • #5,816 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,908 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,454 born since 1916
  • 1960s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaine ranks #5,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,908 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,454 born since 1916, peaking in the 1960s.

#5,816 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,908 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,454
born since 1916
1960s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%48.4%
Alaine vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Alaine's 1,454 recorded births place it above 91.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Alaine compares

1,454 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Alaine's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alaine Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,454 376 567,345
Peak-year births 33 21 19,840

Alaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Alaine's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1967 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Alaine popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1967)
33
Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
010203040 191619371952196519781991200520182025 11

Alaine by decade

1960s is the heaviest window (252 births, 17% of the file).

1960s was Alaine's strongest decade.

252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.

Alaine births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1960s at 252 births (17% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Alaine compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alaine's total volume

Alaine vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -45, 9.5%-105, 2.8%-48, 5.4%-69, 11%-102, 2.8%-35, 4.3%-25, 13.9%-114, 4.6%-48, 4.5%-63, 5%-35, 5.9%-146, 1.9%-36, 6.6%-37, 5.9%-37, 5.6%Alaine-110, 2.3%Alaine
Alaine vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Alaine by state

Where Alaine concentrates geographically, total births since 1916

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Alaine
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
16 1.1%
#2 Texas
16 1.1%
#3 New York
15 1.0%
#4 Illinois
5 0.3%
California share of Alaine's total US births 1.1%
Even split

16 of 1,454 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alaine? ▼
1,454 babies have been named Alaine since 1916. All-time, it sits at #5,816 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,908 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1967 with 33 births.
Where does Alaine sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaine ranks #5,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,908 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alaine most popular? ▼
Alaine was most popular in the 1960s decade with 252 total births. The single peak year was 1967.
Where is Alaine most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Alaine are California (16 births), Texas (16 births), New York (15 births).
How long has the name Alaine been used? ▼
Records for Alaine go back to 1916, giving 110 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Alaine? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alana, Alaina, Alayna, Alanna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Alaine's data

  • Alaine's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (252 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Alaines (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Alaine

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Alaine

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alaine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.