Alain
Boy · French
Alain is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Alain mean?
French
A male given name from French, equivalent to English Alan.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alain a girl's or a boy's name?
Alain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alain in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Alain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Alain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Alain, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the boys named Alain in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 74 | #1,902 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,855 |
| 2005 | 72 | #1,798 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 81 | #1,558 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,814 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,583 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,729 |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,256 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,335 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,248 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,193 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,021 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,003 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,040 |
| 1985 | 83 | #997 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,032 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,059 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,096 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,019 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
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